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These carved wooden figures at the city hall in Cologne, Germany represent the "nine worthies" a group of nine historical, biblical, and literary figures who personified ideas of chivalry in the Middle Ages. These nine figures were divided into three…

Here is a detail of Godfrey (at right, with his sword and dog) with another one of the Christian worthies, Charlemagne.

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 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…

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

This stained glass window shows a depiction of crusaders riding towards Jerusalem

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:…

This piece of marble from the MET is believed to be a decorative element from the tomb of the child king of Jerusalem, Baldwin V (reigned 1183–1186) or that of his uncle Baldwin IV (reigned 1161–1185). The tomb was inside the Holy Sepulcher.

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

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem contains the sites of Jesus' crucifixion (on Golgotha) as well as the tomb (hence the name, Holy Sepulcher) where we was buried before his resurrection. The Church has been a site of Christian worship for…