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The Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (PPTS) was a
text publication society based in
London
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, which specialised in publishing editions and translations of
medieval
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texts relevant to the history of
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Particular attention was given to accounts by pilgrims and other travellers containing geographical or topographical information, as well as those which discussed the manners and customs of the Holy Land. The original narratives were written in a variety of languages, including
Greek,
Latin
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,
Arabic
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,
Hebrew
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,
Old French
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Russian, and German language">German.
The Society first started publishing its work in 1884, and continued for eleven years, publishing a total of twelve volumes. In 1896, these works were transferred to the Palestine Exploration Fund, for distribution to the members of the PPTS.
The editions remain valuable and are frequently cited in scholarly works. A version is also available as ''The Library of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society''.
Certain well-known pilgrimages included are those of:
Jacques de Vitry,
Saint Jerome's ''Pilgrimage of the
Holy Paula'',
Mukaddasi's description of
Syria
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, and the ''
Itinerarium Burdigalense''.
Publications
*(1886):
Description of Syria, including Palestine' by
Mukaddasi (c. 985)
*(1887):
Of the Holy Places visited by Antoninus Martyr' by
Antoninus of Piacenza, archive.org
*(1887):
Itinerary from Bordeaux to Jerusalem' by "
The Bordeaux Pilgrim", (333), archive.org
*(1887):
*(1888):
Of the Buildings of Justinian' by
Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea (; ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; ; – 565) was a prominent Late antiquity, late antique Byzantine Greeks, Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in Justinian I, Empe ...
(c. 560)
*(1889):
The Letters of Paula and Eustochium to Marcella, about the Holy Places (A.D. 386)'
*(1889):
*(1890):
Description of the Holy Land' by
John of Würzburg (1160–1170)
*(1890):
The Epitome of S. Eucherius about certain Holy Places (ca. A.D. 440) and the Breviary or short description of Jerusalem (ca. A.D. 530)'
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**alt.: (1890):
The Epitome of S. Eucherius about certain Holy Places (ca. A.D. 440) and the Breviary or short description of Jerusalem (ca. A.D. 530)'
*(1891):
Churches of Constantine at Jerusalem: being translations from Eusenius and the early pilgrims'
**alt.: (1896):
Churches of Constantine at Jerusalem: being translations from Eusenius and the early pilgrims'
*(1891):
The Hodæporicon of Saint Willibald' (c. 754) by
Huneburc
*(1891):
The Pilgrimage of S. Silvia of Aquitania to the Holy Places (ca. A.D. 385)'
*(1891):
Description of the Holy Places. (ca. A.D. 1172)' by
Theoderich
*(1892):
Saewolf (A.D. 1102, 1103)' archive.org
*(1893):
*(1893): with p
677: Index
*(1893):
Theodosius' (530)
*(1893):
The Itinerary of Bernhard the Wise (A.D. 870) How the City of Jerusalem is Situated, (ca. A.D. 1090?)' archive.org
*(1894):
Anonymous Pilgrims, I–VIII (11th and 12th centuries'
*(1894):
*(1894):
Guide-book to Palestine (ca. A.D. 1350)' archive.org
*(1895): (about
Arculf)
*(1895):
Extracts from Aristeas, Hecatæus, Origen, and other early writers'
**alt.: (1895):
Extracts from Aristeas, Hecatæus, Origen, and other early writers'
*(1896):
Fetellus (ca. A.D. 1130),
Translated and Annotated by Rev. James Rose Macpherson'
*(1896):
*(1896):
*(1896):
The Life of Saladin' by
Beha Ed-Din (AD 1137–1193)
*(1896):
History of Jerusalem' by
Jacques de Vitry, 1180
* (1896):
A Description of the Holy Land' by
Burchard of Mount Sion.
* (1897):
Vol III, The Pilgrimage of Arculfus (1889)' The Hodoeporicon of
St. Willibald. Description of Syria and Palestine, by
Mukaddasi. The Itinerary of Bernhard the Wise.
*(1897):
Vol IV A Journey through Syria and Palestine. (1888)' By
Nasir-I-Khusrau. The Pilgrimage of
Saewulf to Jerusalem. The Pilgrimage of the Russian
abbot Daniel.
* (1897):
Vol VI, Anonymous Pilgrims. (1894)' The City of Jerusalem and
Ernoul's account of Palestine. The Guide Book to Palestine. Description of the Holy Land, by John Poloner.
*(1897):
General Index to the Library of Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society'
References
Further reading
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See also
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Travelogues of Palestine
External links
WorldCat listing of the original edition
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Medieval literature
Medievalists
1884 establishments in the United Kingdom
1896 disestablishments
Holy Land travellers
Text publication societies