Cavaliere hospitaliere

[Cawdor]

Buongiorno,
in vari libri è citata la lastra tombale di un Cavaliere Ospitaliere Pelestrin
ma i Colori/Metalli quali potevano essere?

Tomb slab of Cypriot noble Pierre Pelestrin preserving iron lifting ring at
top, fitting inside a circular groove in the stone. An incised inscription in seven lines is
followed by the arms of the defunct, in two-plane relief. Reused ancient inscribed member
(late Hellenistic alphabetical catalogue). Lower right corner broken off, irregular top.
Date: 1471
Location: on display in the Great Ward at the Archaeological Museum
Found: floor of the Turkish baths destroyed by Allied bombing in World War II on
Eudemou Sq.
Provenance: unknown
Dimensions: 175X82X14cm
Material: Lartian stone
Arms: A ladder of four rungs accompanied by an orle of three fleurs-de-lys in chief and
three crescents in base.
Dimensions: 45X40cm
Inscription: +HIC . IACET . MAGNI/ FICVS . MILES . DNS ./ PETRVS . PELESTRIN
./ REGNI . CIPRI . TVRCO/ PVLERIVS . QVI . REQVI/ EVIT . INPACE . DIE . XVI ./
IANVARII . 1471.<-
Script: Roman capitals with abbreviations. Average height: 3,8cm
Bibliography: Konstantinopoulos, p. 21 and ill. 11, 23. Kasdagli 1989-91, 193-4 and pl.
78α.