The pilgrim's guide to Santiago de Compostela

Author

Melczer, William

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

14 ill.; 1 map; 1 plan; bibliogr.; index ; xv, 345 p., [7] p. of pl. ; 1993

ISBN

0-934977-25-9

Publisher

Italica, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Translation of Book V of the Liber Sancti Jacobi or Codex Calixtinus, the 12th c. guide to the route from southern France to Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, cathedral, library). The introduction covers relics and pilgrimages in the Middle Ages, the origins of the cult of S. James, the Iter Sancti Jacobi or Road to Compostela in the 11th and 12th cs., and the iconography of S. James the Greater in Byzantine and Romanesque art.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Spain
• Pilgrimages
• Spain
• 1100-1200
• Santiago de Compostela (ESP)
• cathedral, library||Santiago de Compostela (ESP)
• Manuscripts
• Liber Sancti Jacobi
• Saints
• James the Greater, S.
• Iconography
• Art
• Byzantine
• Romanesque
• Relics
• Guidebooks (early)
• Cults
• France, Southern

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Espagne
• Pèlerinage
• Espagne
• 1100-1200
• Santiago de Compostela (ESP)
• cathédrale, bibliothèque||Santiago de Compostela (ESP)
• Manuscrits
• Liber Sancti Jacobi
• Saints
• Jacques le Majeur, saint
• Iconographie
• Art
• Byzantin (art)
• Roman (art)
• Reliques
• Guide (ancien)
• Culte
• France du Sud

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00336276

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