JohnMontfort.jpg
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English:
John of Montfort, Lord of Tyre (died 1283). Seal inscribed in Latin:
S(IGILLUM) JΟΗΑΝ(N)IS ΜΟ(Ν)ΤFORT(I) SE(I)GN(E)UR D:SVR E[T] DO[MIN]U[S] THORON
(?) ("Seal of John of Montfort, Seigneur of (Tyre(?)) and Lord of Toron"). Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus. The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Early names of Tyre include
Akkadian
Ṣurru
,
Phoenician
Ṣūr
, and
Hebrew
Tzór
, which gave the Latin
Tyrus
. Thus possibly D:SVR signifies "de Sur". His shield and horse's caparison display the arms of de Montfort:
Gules, a lion rampant double queued argent
. His right arms holds a pole, apparently not a weapon, possibly his heraldic banner of
Per pale indented argent and gules
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Date | |
Source | The crusades; the story of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem |
Author | Thomas Andrew Archer, Charles Lethbridge Kingsford |
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