ABSTRACT

Includedamongthesetranslationsisamuchlongerguidetothe HolyLand.Sincetheoriginalmanuscript(whichwehaveentitled TheWorkonGeography)hasbeenlost,themodernreaderhasto lookforversionsofitinanumberofotherworkswritteninthe LatinKingdomwhichhaveborrowedfromit.Thisbookisover tenthousandwordsinlength.Itseemstobeageneraldescription oftheholyplacesintheLatinKingdom,butcontainsseveralwhich arebeyonditsboundaries.Theinformationwhichthisbookgives issometimesuptodate,butitisatothertimesaboutfourhundred yearsold,sinceitquotesthenamesoftheLevantineprovincesasif theywerestillintheRomanempire.