The Dream and the Tomb (32 page)

A 19th- or early 20th-century rendering of an unnamed Crusader battle.
(New York Public Library Picture Collection)

Crusader column crossing the field of a previous battle.
(New York Public Library Picture Collection)

Crusaders at prayer at an encampment in the Levant.
(New York Public Library Picture Collection)

The taking of Jerusalem, 1099, as envisioned by a 14th century French artist.
(Bibliotheque Nationale)

The seal of Richard the Lion Hearted
(The Public Record Office, London)

The seal of the Templars
(The British Library Board, seal cxxxv
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and 3)

Crusader doing homage.
(From an English 13th century psalter, The British Library Board, Ms. Roy. 2A XXII, f. 220)

The sea castle of Sidon, built by the Crusaders to protect the harbor in the winter of 1227-28.
(National Council of Tourism in Lebanon)

Beaufort Castle. The site was captured from the Emir Shehab al-Din by King Fulk of Anjou in 1139 and handed over to the Frankish seigneurs of Sidon, who built the castle.
(National Council of Tourism in Lebanon)

The Horns of Hattin, scene of the most devastating Crusader defeat. The Sea of Galilee is in the foreground.
(Bar-David Agency)

Refectory of the Order of St. John in Acre.
(Bar-David Agency)