The Codex is a source for the knowledge of European medieval religiosity and culture. *7 Verbum Patris humanatur MM Composer Various: I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. It served to the support and promotion of the cult of St James and the Camino de Santiago as one of the greatest Christian pilgrimage routes, in a model repeated later by the Canterbury Tales. The Codex Calixtinus is a 12th-century illuminated manuscript formerly attributed to Pope Callixtus II, though now believed to have been arranged by the French scholar Aymeric Picaud.The principal author is actually given as 'Scriptor I'. No. Lat.
Alongside the oldest 12th century “original” in Santiago de Compostela and the 14th century copy in Salamanca, yet more example exist in the British Library, in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, and in the Spanish National Library in Madrid. Codex Calixtinus Codex Las Huelgas Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu Squarcialupi Codex Cancioniero de Juana la Loca Tosca. Due to its heterogeneous and composite character, this codex is believed to be the work of several authors and compilers. The list does not include facsimiles of early printed books, but does include late manuscripts up to the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The Codex Calixtinus is divided into 5 volumes, containing sermons, hymns, liturgical compositions, musical pieces, the miracles of St James, holy sanctuaries, homilies to Saint James and is richly illustrated. For a discussion of these songs in the context of the monophonic repertory in the Codex Calixtinus, see Huglo, Michel, “Les pièces notées du Codex Calixtinus,” in The Codex Calixtinus and the Shrine of St. James, ed. / EFE. Stuttgart Psalter. The famous Liber Sancti Iacobi from the library of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela was considered for a long time to be a work by Pope Calixtus II (1119-1124). The Codex Calixtinus–or Liber Sancti Jacobi / Book of Saint James–, a jewel in medieval bibliography, is one of the richest medieval sources for historians, geographers, musicologists, sociologists, ethnologists, art historians and linguists.Due to its heterogeneous and composite character, this codex is believed to be the work of several authors and compilers. Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Codex Calixtinus of the University of Salamanca: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding. None [force assignment] Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 22 pieces - see below. Truth can be indeed stranger than fiction! No. The Codex Calixtinus–or Liber Sancti Jacobi / Book of Saint James–, a jewel in medieval bibliography, is one of the richest medieval sources for historians, geographers, musicologists, sociologists, ethnologists, art historians and linguists. MM The Codex Calixtinus from Salamanca is one of five remaining manuscripts with the complete text of the Liber Sancti Iacobi. 229, f.56r. Students and scholars of the camino are now fortunate to have a second facsimile of Codex Calixtinus, based on the Salamanca copy. Lote 99218851 It also includes a letter fictitiously attributed to Pope Calixtus II (for whom the codex is named). For 'recent' history of the Santiago de Compostela cathedral copy see these Forum threads reporting in 2011 the Codex stolen and, fortuitously in 2012, the Codex recovered. 5 July 2011: The theft of the Codex Calixtinus The dean of Santiago cathedral, José María Díaz, with a facsimile of the Codex in July 2011. Included also are a color facsimile of the whole of leaf 36 recto, and facsimiles of sixteen initials from the text. This 12th-century manuscript, housed at Santiago de Compostela in Spain, goes by several names: Codex Calixtinus, Liber Sancti Jacobi, or Jacobus.It consists of five books: Book I contains sermons and liturgy (including chants) in honor of St. James (“Santiago”). We can see the image of this from here. As a result, it gained its designation as the Codex Calixtinus, which it retained even after this false attribution was clarified. *5 Ma fin est mon commencement Bodleian MS. Canon.