Peinture

Book is in excellent condition in black cloth with gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind; as new. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 714 pages, heavily illustrated with b&w photos, some color prints, maps, architectural drawings, coins, relics, iconography, etc. Over 400 illustrations This book tells the story of the Architecture and the Figural Art produced for the Crusaders after the battle of Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, during the one hundred years that Acre was the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1191 -- 1291. It is an art sponsored by kings and queens, patriarchs and bishops, clergy, monks, friars, knights and soldiers, aristocrats and merchants, all men and women of means, who came as pilgrims, Crusaders, settlers, and men of commerce to the Holy Land. The artists are Franks and Italians born and/or resident in the Holy Land, Westerners who traveled to the Latin East, Eastern Christians, and even Muslims, who worked for Crusader patrons. Notes begin on p. 561 and go to 711. Unopened CD-rom at back contains a complete set of more than 500 illustrations from Crusader manuscripts.