Field notes·PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 11·1934–1954

Miscellaneous

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 5 of field notes PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 11 (Miscellaneous), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 11, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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P. 24. Nothing seems to remain of the castle which is said to have been built by the Knights of St John at Episkopi, and was still existing, though used only as a store, in the sixteenth century. (1) (1) Lusignan, Chor. f. 9b; Descr. f. 18.

P. 477. The country round naturally suffered from the depredations of the invaders. They seem, however, to have found the castles at Episkopi and Kolossi too strong for them.(4) (4) Lusignan, Descr. f. 154b, says that they attempted but failed to take these fortresses by surprise. Suyuti, on the other hand, says that they took "Iflisiyya", a spot not belonging to Janus (which suits Kolossi), like Famagusta, which belongs to the Venetians!

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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