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Jacob's well (well)

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A well outside the gate of Shechem

Names

  • Latin: fons Iacob 1
  • Latin: puteus lacob 2-3

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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
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 3 1211-1212c.122216th C1864

Sources

  • 1fons Iacob: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VII 23. [Latin].
  • 2puteus lacob: Odoric of Pordenone, Liber de Terra Sancta, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XIII 3. [Latin].
  • 3puteus lacob: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 13, 2. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Jacob's well” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17867.

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  • 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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