Aymeric picaud was a 12thcentury french scholar, monk and pilgrim from parthenaylevieux in poitou. The codex calixtinus also compostellus is the main witness for the 12thcentury liber sancti jacobi, or the book of saint james. It is a pseudepigraph attributed to pope callixtus ii. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent. The liber sancti jacobi is a fivebook compilation of texts related to apostle st james and the pilgrimage to his shrine in compostela, in northwest of the iberian. Codex calixtinus codex calixtinus louisiana digital library. The 225 scrolls that make up the codex calixtinus are divided into five books and two appendices. Parentibus piissimis, strenuissimis, millan atque eliciae, apus viam francigenam ipsis ortis, filius ibique in lucem editus d. James to the shrine of the apostle saint james the. The codex calixtinus,is considered one of the most important documents of the.
Also known as the liber sancti jacobi, this manuscript is a guidebook for pilgrims traveling to the shrine of the apostle st. In essence, he wrote one of the earliest known tourist guidebooks. The english version of the book v codex calixtinus. The texts were written at different times and independently, but the authorship of the last of the books that completes the codex calixtinus and, which specifically refers to the camino of santiago, was attributed to the french monk aymeric picaud. Written in the 12th century, the codex calixtinus is divided in five sections or books. Pilgrims guide book 5 of the codex calixtinus camino. He is most widely known today as being the suspected author of the codex calixtinus, an illuminated manuscript giving background information for pilgrims travelling the way of st. Its most likely date of compilation is the period of 181145. The principal author is actually given as scriptor i. The codex calixtinus also compostellus is the main witness for the 12th century liber sancti jacobi, or the book of saint james.