LEADER 06195nam 2200493 450 001 9910150543803321 005 20190826145055.0 010 $a90-04-30776-1 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004307766 035 $a(CKB)3710000000932860 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4734093 035 $a 2016048242 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004307766 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000932860 100 $a20161121h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aMontfort $ehistory, early research and recent studies of the principal fortress of the Teutonic order in the Latin East /$fedited by Adrian J. Boas ; with the assistance of Rabei G. Khamisy 210 1$aLeiden, [Netherlands] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2017. 210 4$d©2017 215 $a1 online resource (371 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 225 1 $aThe Medieval Mediterranean : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500,$x0928-5520 ;$vVolume 107 311 $a90-04-25046-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material -- $tIntroduction /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tMontfort Castle and the Order of the Teutonic Knights in the Latin East /$rKristjan Toomaspoeg -- $tThe Region of Montfort and Land Ownership in the Frankish Period /$rRabei G. Khamisy -- $tMontfort Castle (Qal?at Al-Qurayn) in Mamluk Sources /$rRabei G. Khamisy -- $tArchaeological Evidence for the Mamluk Sieges and Dismantling of Montfort: A Preliminary Discussion /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tMontfort Castle in Travellers? Descriptions and Illustrations /$rRabei G. Khamisy -- $tThe Survey of Western Palestine Report on Montfort (1877) /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Expedition to Montfort (1926) /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tInitial Thoughts on the Architectural Development of the Castle /$rAdrian J. Boas and Rabei G. Khamisy -- $tInterpretation of the Parts /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tThe Building Below the Castle /$rLaura Aiello and Cecilia Luschi -- $tHistory and Archaeology of the Frankish Village of Tarphile /$rRabei G. Khamisy -- $tThe Stones of Montfort: Sources of Stone for Montfort Castle /$rVardit Shotten-Hallel , Dorit Korngreen and Lydia Perelis Grossowicz -- $tMasonry and Masons? Marks /$rRabei G. Khamisy -- $tIntroduction to the Finds /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tCeramic Finds /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tThe Winepress at Montfort /$rRafael Frankel -- $tGlass Finds in the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the 1926 Expedition /$rDavid Whitehouse? , Timothy B. Husband , Lisa Pilosi , Mary B. Shepard and Mark T. Wypyski -- $tStone, Metal, Wood and Worked Bone Finds from the 1926 Expedition /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tA Roman Imperial Wine Vessel? /$rTamar Backner -- $tThe Montfort Castle Project (MCP): A Summary of the Surveys and the First Six Excavation Seasons (2011?2015) /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tCoin Finds (1926?2012) and the Use of Money at Montfort /$rRobert Kool -- $tDendroarchaeological Investigations of Finds from Montfort Castle: Analysis of Finds from 1926 and 2011?2012 /$rNili Liphschitz -- $tTree Wormwood (Artemisia Arborescens) at Montfort Castle: The Possible Introduction of a Medicinal Plant from Western Europe to the Latin East in the Crusader Period /$rNativ Dudai and Zohar Amar -- $tThe Stone Matrices from Montfort: About Moulds, Tin Relief and the Polychromy of Shields in the Thirteenth Century /$rAndrea Wähning -- $tThe Architectural Sculpture of Montfort Castle Revisited /$rNurith Kenaan-Kedar -- $tHow Strong was Strong Mountain? /$rRafael Lewis -- $tTwo Board Games and Some Graffiti from Montfort /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tBrief Preliminary Remarks on the Sampling and Analysis of Mortars Used in the Construction and Conservation of Montfort Castle /$rJonathan J. Gottlieb -- $tSummary and Conclusions /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tAppendix I Find Lists and the Division of Finds /$rAdrian J. Boas -- $tAppendix II Compositional Analyses of Vessels and Window Glasses from Montfort (Weight Percent) /$rDavid Whitehouse? , Timothy B. Husband , Lisa Pilosi , Mary B. Shepard and Mark T. Wypyski -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex. 330 $aMontfort Castle, located in the western Galilee, was the principal fortress of the Teutonic Order, one of the three great military orders of the Crusader period. It was built in the early thirteenth century and occupied and dismantled by the Mamluk army in 1271. It is among the finest examples of Crusader spur castles. This present volume includes discussions by 23 scholars, experts in their fields, in 28 chapters covering every aspect of past and recent scholarship on the history of the Teutonic Order and the castle, travellers? descriptions, the architecture, the geographical setting, the material culture of the garrison, and detailed descriptions of the 1926 archaeological expedition to Montfort and the ongoing work of the Montfort Castle Project. Winner of the 2017 Verbruggen prize , awarded annually by the De Re Militari society for the best book on medieval military history. The awarding committee stated that the volume offers ?a through exploration of all the sources, archaeological and literary, relating to an important site. A model for future work.? Contributors are Laura Aiello, Zohar Amar, Tamar Backner, Adrian J. Boas, Nativ Dudai, Rafael Frankel, Jonathan J. Gottlieb, Lydia Perelis Grossowicz, Timothy B. Husband, Nurith Kenaan-Kedar, Rabei G. Khamisy, Robert Kool, Dorit Korngreen, Rafael Lewis, Nili Liphschitz, Cecilia Luschi, Lisa Pilosi, Mary B. Shepard, Vardit Shotten-Hallel, Kristjan Toomaspoeg, Andrea Wähning, David Whitehouse, and Mark Wypyski. 410 0$aMedieval Mediterranean ;$vVolume 107. 606 $aArchaeology, Medieval$zIsrael 607 $aMontfort Castle (Israel)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchaeology, Medieval 676 $a956.94/5 702 $aBoas$b Adrian J.$f1952- 702 $aKhamisy$b Rabei G. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150543803321 996 $aMontfort$91728320 997 $aUNINA