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Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Book of Pilgrimage 6.23-6.28

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Context

Riccolde da Monte di Croce was a learned Dominican friar with a varied career. He taught in Tuscany; took a post under papal commission in Acre (1286/1287); traversed the Holy Land as a pilgrim (1288); and traveled across the Middle East as missionary (1288-1291), ending up in Baghdad under Mongol rule, where he challenged the local adherents of Nestorianism. His account of pilgrimage begins with an annotated itinerary from Acre to Galilee, Judaea, and Phoenicia (1-7), and ends with several essays on the culture, religion, cities, and practices of the peoples of western Asia (8-36). In this passage, he describes the northward journey through Caesarea, not without some confusion over historical toponymy. This story of the Cave of the Virgin along the coastal road between Caesarea and Athlit, undoubtedly a local folk tradition, is uniquely attested here.

Text

(23) Redeuntes inde venimus iuxta Ramam, civitatem Ioseph, qui sepelivit Christum. (24) Et inde iuxta decem miliaria Cesaream Philippi, que est super mare. (25) Inde viginti miliaria ad Cacho castellum. (26) et inde appropinquantes Castro Peregrini decem et octo miliaria venimus ad caveam virginis. (27) Est autem cavea virginis fovea iuxta mare in via, que venit ex Egipto in Iudeam vel Galileam. (28) Voluit enim Ioseph declinare Iudeam et ire in Galileam, et cum esset iuxta in via, que venit de Cesarea Philippi, et quiesceret super lapidem, lapis quasi liquatus et per semet ipsum lectum et concavum se faciens occultavit puerum et Mariam et Ioseph, ut non viderent eos quidam insequentes et volentes eos ledere, ut dicunt. 1

Textual Note

Ed. Laurent 1873

Translation

(23) Starting again from there (sc. Emmaus) we came to Rama, city of Joseph, who buried Christ. (24) And then after close to 10 miles (we came) to Caesarea Philippi, which is on the sea. (25) From there after 20 miles (we came) to the castle Cacho. (26) And then approaching Pilgrim’s Castle after 18 miles we came to the Cave of the Virgin. (27) The Cave of the Virgin is a pit near the sea on the road that goes from Egypt into Judaea or Galilee. (28) For Joseph wanted to turn away from Judaea and go into Galilee. When he was nearby on the road that goes from Caesarea Philippi, and he was resting upon a rock, the rock, as though melted, turning itself into a bed on its own, hollowed out, hid the Child and Mary and Joseph, so that anyone pursuing and wanting to harm them could not see them, as the story goes.

Translation Note

Trans. J. L. Rife

Works Cited

  • 1 Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Fratris Ricoldi de Monte Crucis ordinis predicatorum liber perigrinacionis, in Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor: Burchardus de Monte Sion, Ricoldus de Monte Crucis, Odoricus de Foro Julii, Wilbrandus de Oldenborg… Editio Secunda accessit Mag. Thietmari Peregrinatio, ed. J. M. C. Laurent, 2nd ed. (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1873), 101–41, p: 113, ch: 6.23-6.28.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

Additional Bibliography

  • Denys Pringle, trans., Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 1187-1291, Crusade Texts in Translation 23 (London: Routledge, 2018), p: 361-375.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
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How to Cite This Entry

Joseph L. Rife, “Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Book of Pilgrimage 6.23-6.28,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/233.

Bibliography:

Joseph L. Rife, “Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Book of Pilgrimage 6.23-6.28.” In Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, edited by Joseph L. Rife., edited by Joseph L. Rife. Caesarea City and Port Exploration Project, 2023. Entry published June 30, 2023. https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/233.

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Entry Title: Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Book of Pilgrimage 6.23-6.28

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • Joseph L. Rife, general editor, Vanderbilt University
  • Joseph L. Rife, editor, Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia
  • David A. Michelson, Daniel L. Schwartz, and William L. Potter, technical editor, “Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Book of Pilgrimage 6.23-6.28”
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