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Gihon Spring (spring)

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A spring near Jerusalem

Names

  • Latin: fons Gion 1
  • Latin: Gyon 2

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Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 1 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Odoric of Pordenone 2 1318-13301330c. 13501864

Sources

  • 1fons Gion: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VIII 1. [Latin].
  • 2Gyon: Odoric of Pordenone, Liber de Terra Sancta, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XXXVII 1. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Gihon Spring” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17866.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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