A good starting point for pilgrimages and Santiago is William Melzcer, The Pilgrim’s Guide to Santiago de Compostela (Italica 1993). This is a translation of the fifth book of the Codex Calixtinus with an extensive introduction, detailed commentaries, a hagiographical register, a gazetteer. There is also Maryjane Dunn and Linda Kay Davidson, eds., The Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages: A Book of Essays (Garland, 1996). In addition to their introduction (‘Bibliography of the Pilgrimage’), this collection includes essays on the music, iconography and literature related to the pilgrimage. Also useful is Dunn & Davidson, The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography (Garland, 1994). You can find basic information about the pilgrimage routes, traditions, Santiago de Compostela, etc., at:

http://www.xacobeo.es/

On the Holy Year page of this site there's even a description of their botafumeiro (height 1.10 meters, weight 50 kilos), and there's a live Web Cam set up inside the botafumeiro nave (a fairly dark image at night). There's also a good introduction (in Spanish) to the cult and pilgrimage route at:

http://cvc.cervantes.es/actcult/camino_santiago/introduccion.htm

I hope this is of some help.

Jane Connolly

Jane E. Connolly

Department of Foreign Languages

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL 33124

Phone: (305)284-5585

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