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A hand basin showing the arms of the Latin Kings of Jerusalem.

This illustration from the 18th century shows what the full tomb of Baldwin V would have looked like.

This pilgrim ampulla shows two military saints (George and Demetrios) on one side and a depiction of the body of Christ lying in the Holy Sepulcher on the other

This map of the Holy Land appears in Matthew Paris' Chronica Majora vol. 1, written and illustrated by Paris.

You can see the full manuscript here: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/rf352tc5448

The Hague, KB, 76 F 5, fol. 1r: Plan of Jerusalem and scene of the knights of the cross. Potentially made as a Psalter/the prefatory cycle preceding a Psalter

The cross in this panel comes from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, while the panel into which the cross has been set comes from the Rhine-Meuse region. The Latin inscription reads: "You who ask about the cross: read! The heir of Judas the…

Belvoir fortress is a crusader fortress in modern day Israel. It was constructed by the Knights Hospitaller in the 12th century, and was near to the site of the Battle of Belvoir Castle fought between Baldwin IV and Saladin in 1182

These folios from Saladin's Treatise on Armor show just one example of the illustration and text in the complete manuscript, which can be viewed in its entirety here:…

So-called Crusader's Bowl

The Alexiad was written c. 1148 by Byzantine Princess Anna Komnene. It is a historical text detailing the political and military life of her father, Alexios I, including his interactions with the crusades. This image is of fol. 1r, but the entire…