The twelfth-century Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela is the earliest account of the pilgrim's route through France and Northern Spain to the shrine of St James. Surviving in twelve copies, the text describes points of interest along the routes and the relics of saints, and offers details of where travellers may find accomodation and good food and wine. This excellently produced volume gives a new English translation of the Guide, from the origianl Latin, based on the Codex Calixtinus or Liber Sancti Jacobi kept in the cathedral of Santiago. This is followed by an extensive gazetteer consisting of 730 entries, in which all the important towns, monuments, and buildings encountered by the 12th-century traveller are described and illustrated.
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"... extremely useful to historians of religion, architecture, sculpture, and travel. Recommended for research collections." -- Choice
"It is monumental in scope, finely produced, and an excellent reference tool." -- Friends of the Road to Santiago
"It is monumental in scope, finely produced, and an excellent reference tool." -- Friends of the Road to Santiago
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