ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the journey of Wilbrand of Oldenburg, canon of Hildesheim, concerning the state of the Holy Land. Wilbrand describes the City of Acre, sited on the seashore, such that, while in its layout it is a quadrangle, two of its sides forming an angle are girded and defended by the sea, in the Holy Land. After the loss of the Holy Land the city was retaken through many labours, and like a faithful daughter she cherishes and nourishes in herself the remnants of Holy Jerusalem, her mother, that is to say the lord patriarch, the lord king, the Templars and other religious men, bishops and abbots. Proceeding north by ship to carry on the business of the lord emperor Otto and the duke of Austria, who had then taken the cross, Wilbrand came to Sur (Surs), which Latins call Tyre (Thyrum).
