The ''Lignages d'Outremer'' ("Lineages of

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") describe the pedigrees of the most important

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families. A first version was written in 1270 and is available in two manuscripts of the 14th century. A later version was produced in 1307/08, another in

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, 1398 (Notizie sopra i Re di Gerusalemme e di Cipro e loro parentela etc.). It was compiled by Pierre de Flory (Piero de Fiorin), viscount of Nicosia, who probably also comes from

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, and Simon of Jerusalem, and was probably written in

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. The lineages name more than a thousand people in the different versions. Among them are the Ibelin

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. It is included as an appendix to '' Recueil des historiens des croisades.''

Manuscripts

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(several manuscripts) *

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(Codex Gallus 771) *

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(Codex Vaticanus latinus 4789 and 7806 A) *

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(app. 20²⁶⁵)

Literature

* Wilpertus H. Rudt de Collenberg: ''A fragmentary copy of an unknown recension of the 'Lignages d'Outre-Mer' in the Vatican Library''. In: ''English Historical Review'' 98, 1983, S. 311–327. * Marie-Adélaïde Nielen-Vandevoorde
''Un livre méconnu des Assises de Jérusalem: les Lignages d'outremer.''
In: ''Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes'' 153, 1995, S. 103-130 * Marie-Adélaïde Nielen
''Lignages d'outremer: Introduction, notes et éditions critique''.
Paris, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres 2003. (Documents relating to the history of the Crusades 18)

References

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