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Correspondence/envoy
1448
year: 1199
initiator: Patriarch Aymar Monachus of Jerusalem
recipient: Pope Innocent III
text: Jan. 1 - Sept. 1. [263] In reply to an order for a report from Pope Innocent III, Patriarch Aymar of Jerusalem describes the lineage of and the relations between the various Ayyubid princes, expressing the view that they are ready to surrender Palestine and Jerusalem to the Christians and even to convert. He refers briefly to the Assassins. He provides a geographical description of Palestine and Syria, in which he includes, besides references to the chief towns, the image and shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary outside Christian territory at Sardinia, which is served by 12 nuns and 8 monks, the image of Christ in Beirut and the castellum filii Dei, now called districtum. He then turns to the geography of Egypt, noting those places identified with the exile of the Holy Family there, and to the country’s religion, harvests, the flooding of the Nile, and to Alexandria, which he reports has no natural spring water, being dependent on its cisterns. He believes that the key to Egypt is Damietta, which is more strongly fortified. Jan. 1 - Sept. 1. [263] In reply to an order for a report from Pope Innocent III, Patriarch Aymar of Jerusalem describes the lineage of and the relations between the various Ayyubid princes, expressing the view that they are ready to surrender Palestine and Jerusalem to the Christians and even to... more
sources: [James of Vitry], Historia Orientalis, pp. 1125-9 [264] (RRH no. 762)
comments: [263] If in Graves orientalis terrae Pope Innocent III was referring to this letter from the patriarch, it cannot have been sent later than August. [264] Maintaining that James of Vitry was not the author of Book 3 of the Historia Orientalis, Jean Donnadieu (p. 9) does not include that book in his edition.
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Agreement/treaty
1471
year: 1200
initiator: Patriarch Aymar Monachus of Jerusalem
recipient: Dominus Willelmus de Amigdalea
text: Aug. 1-31. Patriarch [Aymar] Monachus of Jerusalem records an agreement, made with dominus Willelmus de Amigdalea, acting on his own behalf and of that of his wife domina Agnes, the daughter of comes Ioscelinus. The agreement, made under the seals of the patriarch and the king in the curia and in the presence of King Aimery of Jerusalem and dominus Rainaldus Sydonis, the uncle of Agnes, concerns the casale called Ieth, which will be possessed with all its villani by the patriarch for his lifetime. After the patriarch’s death it will revert to Willelmus, his wife and their heirs. Witnesses: dominus rex Aimericus; Rainaldus Sydonis; Iohannes conestabilis; Iohannes marescalcus; Terricus de Orca; Villanus de Alneto; Balduinus de Bethsan; Adam Coste; Willelmus de Petra; and others. Aug. 1-31. Patriarch [Aymar] Monachus of Jerusalem records an agreement, made with dominus Willelmus de Amigdalea, acting on his own behalf and of that of his wife domina Agnes, the daughter of comes Ioscelinus. The agreement, made under the seals of the patriarch and the king in the curia and in... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, p. 30, no. 37; Mayer, UKJ 2:1003-5, no. 619 (RRH no. 773)
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Chronicle entry/narrative sources
1497
year: 1202
initiator: Patriarch Aymar Monachus of Jerusalem
text: Before 1202. [272] Patriarch Aymar Monachus of Jerusalem writes and circulates a verse account of the loss and recovery of the city of Acre. Before 1202. [272] Patriarch Aymar Monachus of Jerusalem writes and circulates a verse account of the loss and recovery of the city of Acre.
sources: Aymar Monachus, ‘Liber Tetrasticus, pp. 73-118
comments: [272] For the date, see Mayer, Das Itinerarium, p. 180.
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