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Itinera Hierosolymitana Crucesignatorum The Crusaders' Journeys to JerusalemSabino De Sandoli, ofm
Father Sabino De Sandoli's monumental opus presents excerpts from over sixty codex-manuscripts written in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It is the most complete collection of documentary evidence pertinent to the Oriental Crusades and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1100-1291).
"Itinera Hierosolymitana Crucesignatorum" was published between 1978 and 1985 by Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and the Franciscan Printing Press in Jerusalem.
We present the original pages in Latin or Medieval French side by side with an Italian translation performed by Father De Sandoli, ofm, who also wrote the presentation of each document.
The English translation was performed by Michael Olteanu.
Cari lettori,
sono molto lusingato di questa iniziativa del Sg. Olteanu di pubblicare gli "Itinerari". Spero che ció sia di giovamento a molti.
Cominciai a studiare le iscrizioni crociate per suggerimento di un archeologo francescano : P. Bellarmino Bagatti, che le trovava molto sparse in libri e riviste, ed erano quindi per gli studiosi difficilmente ritrovabili, ed anche perché molte di queste iscrizioni crociate furono notate e tramandate da missionari religiosi francescani.
Nelle mie ricerche storiche avevo osservato nelle biblioteche di Gerusalemme che vi erano pubblicazioni sparse di itinerari di epoca crociata in varie lingue. Allora mi proposi sia a mia utilitá, sia per gli studiosi di storia crociata e dei Luoghi Santi di pubblicare in una serie gli itinerari crociati in lingua latina con traduzione italiana.
I Crociati nella costruzione di chiese e di castelli hanno introdotto elementi di arte contemporanea francese romanica e gotica. Inoltre hanno promosso un avvicinamento commerciale via-terra tra l'Estremo Oriente e i paesi mediterranei dell'Europa.
Gli itinerari dei crociati sono interessanti anche oggi sotto molti aspetti: geografici, religiosi, sociali, storici, etnici....
Ai lettori che leggeranno per via telematica gli itinerari, dico che , dopo aver chiuso i quattro volumi, vengano a visitare queste regioni di antiche storie e civiltà umane, essendo oggi le comunicazioni facili, veloci e sicure, e soggiorneranno in un ambiente familiare ed accogliente.
Dear readers,
I am overjoyed with Mr. Olteanu's initiative of publishing the "Itinera" on Internet. I hope the joy will be shared by many.
I started studying the crusader inscriptions at the suggestion of Father Bellarmino Bagatti, a Franciscan archaeologist, who found them to be dispersed in various books and publications, and were therefore difficult to locate for scholarly studies; another reason was the fact that many of these crusader inscriptions have been copied and interpreted for posterity by Franciscan religious missionaries.
I noticed during my history researches in the libraries of Jerusalem, that there were scattered publications of crusader itineraries in various languages. I decided to publish a series of crusader itineraries in Latin with Italian translations for my own use, and for the use of scholars studying the crusader history.
The crusaders introduced many elements of contemporary French Romanic and Gothic art in the construction of churches and castles. Besides, they promoted the commercial traffic by land between the Far East and the Mediterranean countries of Europe.
The crusader itineraries are also interesting for their geographic, religious, historic and ethnic aspects....
I would like to suggest to the people who read these itineraries on Internet that, once they complete the four volumes, they should come and visit these regions of ancient history and human civilization, since today the communications are easy, fast and secure and they will travel in a familiar and friendly environment.
Itinera Hierosolymitana Crucesignatorum - Vol. I
Cover --- Page III --- Page IV
Presentazione - Page V --- Page VI --- Page VII --- Page VIII --- Page IX
Anonymus: Qualiter sita est civitas Hierosolymitana - Anonymous: How the city of Jerusalem is situated
Willelmus Tyrensys Archiepiscopus: Historia Rerum in Partibus Transmarinis Gestarum - William Archbishop of Tyre: History of the Events in the Overseas Territories
Fulcherius Carnotensis: Historia Hierosolymitana - Gesta Francorum Iherusalem Peregrinantium - Fulcher of Chartres: History of Jerusalem - The Exploits of the Frank Pilgrims to Jerusalem
Anonymus: Gesta Francorum Expugnantium Iherusalem - Anonymous: The Exploits of the Franks in Liberating Jerusalem
Radulfus Cadomensis: Gesta Tancredi in Expeditione Hierosolymitana - Raoul of Caen: The Exploits of Tancred in the Jerusalem Expedition
Robertus Monachus: Historia Iherosolimitana - Robert the Monk: The History of Jerusalem
Albertus Aquensis: Historia Hierosolimitana - Albert of Aix-la-Chapelle: The History of Jerusalem
Ekkerhardus Abbas Uraugiensis: Hierosolymita - Eckhardt, Abbot of Aura: The Jerusalem Pilgrim
Cafarus de Caschifelone: De Liberatione Civitatum Orientis - Cafaro of Caschifelone: The Liberation of the Cities of the Orient
Anonymus Littorensis: Historia de Translatione Sanctorum - Anonymous of Lido (Venice): The Transfer of the Saints' Relics
Canonicus Hebronensis: Tractatus de Inventione Sanctorum Patriarchum Abraham, Ysaac et Jacob - Monk of Hebron: Treatise on Finding the Relics of the Holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Monacus Anonymus Scaphusensis: De Reliquiis Sanctissimae Crucis et Dominici Sepulchri - Anonymus Monk of Sciaffusa: The Relics of the Holy Cross and of the Sepulcher of Our Lord
Fulco: Historia Gestorum Viae Nostri Temporis Ierosolymitanae - Fulcher: Story of the Feats Accomplished in Our Times on the Road to Jerusalem
Europe and the Middle East at the Time of the Crusades:
Italy --- Eastern Europe --- Greece and Turkey --- Middle East
Variantes Principaliores ex Ipsis Editoribus Desumptae: 
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Indice delle Abbreviazioni - Page 358 
Indice delle Illustrazioni - Page 359 
Indice Analitico: 
Page 360 --- Page 361 --- Page 362 --- Page 363 --- Page 364
Page 365 --- Page 366 --- Page 367 --- Page 368 --- Page 369
Page 370 --- Page 371 --- Page 372 --- Page 373 --- Page 374
Page 375 --- Page 376 --- Page 377 --- Page 378
Indice Generale - Page 379 
Errata - Page 380 
Piano dell'Opera - Page 381 
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