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Zion (mountain)

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A hill in Jerusalem

Names

  • Hebrew: ציון = ṢYWN 1
  • Latin: mons Syon 2
  • Latin: Sion 3-6
  • Syriac: ܨܗܝܘܢ = ṢHYWN 7

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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 3 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 2, 4 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Odoric of Pordenone 5 1318-13301330c. 13501864
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 6 1211-1212c.122216th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 7 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Zion: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 36, 37 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2mons Syon: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IV 3. 8. 46. 59, V 19. [Latin].
  • 3Sion: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), prol. 5, VII 60, VIII 1 passim, 4. 5. [Latin].
  • 4Sion: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IV 3. 18. 59. V 19. [Latin].
  • 5Sion: Odoric of Pordenone, Liber de Terra Sancta, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XIV XXII-XLVIII 4. LVII 5. [Latin].
  • 6Sion: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 9, 9. 11. II 6, 3. [Latin].
  • 7Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 38 [Syriac].
    • Sion (Jérusalem): J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 59 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Zion” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17403.

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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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