Limassol (settlement)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/15910

on the island Cyprus

Names

  • Greek: Ἀμαθοῦν = Amathoun 1
  • Latin: Lamezim 2

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 2 1211-1212c.122216th C1864

Sources

  • 1Limassol: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 3.42 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Lamezim: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 29, 1. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Margaret Gaida, and Josh Kuch, “Limassol” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/15910.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Margaret Gaida: abstract and categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
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