Guillaume de Tyr: Historie de Jerusalem
Date Description Source Reference
13th century One pavilion with white walls, a blue and red roof and gold balls. Two bell tents, one with a red cap, the other with a blue cap, both have gold ball terminals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

According to Ward the ms dates from the 13th century.

  "The Fall of Jerusalem in 1099", Guillaume de Tyr: Historie de Jerusalem, French, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, MS Fr. 9081. 
 

“Assault of a fortified city like that of Calais in 1347 using a mobile siege tower and trebuchet.” Bibliothèque National, Paris. 
 
 
 

p. 391, “...William of Tyre, op. cit., French, 13th century. BN (Bibliotheque Nationale) MS Fr 9081.” 
 
 
 
 

“Siege of Jerusalem for a 14th century manuscript of William of Tyre’s famous history...”

 Hallam, E., Ed., The Plantagenet Chronicles, Tiger Books, London, 1995, p. 38. 

Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 80. 

Ward, J.O., The Middle Ages, Australia, 1977, slide no. 9. 

Hallam, E., Ed., Chronicles of the Crusades, Eyewitness Accounts of the Wars between Christianity and Islam, New Jersey, 1997, p. 89. 

Billings, M., The Crusades, Five Centuries of Holy Wars, New York, 1996, p. 68 

Note: Very similar to Saintes Chroniques d’Outremer.

Other works attributed to William of Tyre:

1250-1260 A.D. (William of Tyre)

1275 A.D. (Guillaume de Tyr, Chronique d'Outremer)

14th century (William of Tyr, Saintes Chroniques d’Outremer, The Battle of Dorylaeum)

15th century (William of Tyre, Emperor Manuel Comnemus and Baldwin II)

More information:

William of Tyre, Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum (History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea)

William of Tyre according to the Catholic Encyclopedia

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