[MR] Fwd: [SCA_S&I] Codex Calixtinus book 'disappears' from Spain cathedral

[Sandra Rangel]

Sounds more like it should be a movie not real life. Makes one wonder what
the reason for stealing it was.

~Rohesia

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From: Dave Roland <ianthegreen01 at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Subject: [SCA_S&I] Codex Calixtinus book 'disappears' from Spain cathedral
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14063868

A hugely valuable illuminated manuscript has disappeared from the cathedral
of Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, say police.

The Codex Calixtinus dates from the 12th Century and was compiled as a
guidebook for medieval pilgrims following the Way of Saint James.

This is the oldest copy of the manuscript and is unsaleable on the open
market.

Only a handful of people had access to the room in which it was kept.

This edition of the Codex Calixtinus is thought to date from around 1150.

Its purpose was largely practical - to collect advice of use to pilgrims
heading to the shrine there. It also included sermons and homilies to St
James.

On Wednesday afternoon, the book was reported missing from the room where it
is kept.

"We are investigating its disappearance," a police spokeswoman said,
according to AFP news agency.

"It is usually kept in a room to which only half a dozen people have
access," she said.

The Codex is only brought out on special occasions, such as last year's
visit of Pope Benedict, when it is closely guarded.

If the work has been stolen, it will be impossible to sell it on the open
market, says the BBC's arts reporter Vincent Dowd.

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