Ivanhoe

CHAPTER IV

1 (p. 55) epigraph: The lines, slightly altered, are from Pope’s translation (1725-1726; 20.314-317, 322-324).

2 (p. 56) the horns of the altar: See the Bible, Psalms 118:27.

3 (p. 61) a truce with Saladin: Saladin was the Western name given to the Sultan of Egypt and Syria whose attack on Christian Jerusalem in 1187 prompted the Third Crusade (1189-1192), in which Richard I participated. After mixed success, and never reaching Jerusalem itself, Richard negotiated a truce with Saladin in 1192.