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Tower of King David (building)

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in Jerusalem

Names

  • Hebrew: מגדל דוד = MGDL DWD 1
  • Latin: Dauidis turris 2
  • Latin: turris Dauid 3-5
  • Syriac: ܒܘܪܓܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ = BWRGʾ DDWYD 6

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 1 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 2-3 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 4 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 5 1211-1212c.122216th C1864
Events mentioned by Bar Hebraeus 6 before 11991276-1286before 13571890

Sources

  • 1Tower of King David: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 35 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2Dauidis turris: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VIII 1 passim. 2. 4. 5 [Latin].
  • 3turris Dauid: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VIII 1 passim, 2. 4. 5. [Latin].
  • 4turris Dauid: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IV 4. [Latin].
  • 5turris Dauid: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 6, 5. [Latin].
  • 6Gregory Barhebraeus, Chronicon Syriacum, ed. Paul Bedjan (Paris: Maisonneuve, 1890), 319 [Syriac].
    • Tour de David: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), III, 309 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Tower of King David” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17128.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Liran Yadgar: place categorization; abstract; and categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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