Anonymous X, Itinerary of the Holy Places 408

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Context

This brief guide for pilgrims to the Holy Land of unknown authorship is preserved in a manuscript in Milan that probably postdates composition by only a few decades. It displays the familiar features of the genre, though all geographic and biblical content is greatly condensed. This passage opens the itinerary, which advance south along the coast from Acco past Caesarea.

Text

Si quis voluerit ire ab Acon ad montem Carmelum sunt leugue VIII ubi fuit beatus Elias propheta. De Carmelo ad Cesaream sunt league VIII. ibi dicitur esse tabula Domini et quatuor filie Sci. Filippi et locus centurionis Corneli. Et de Cesarea usque Iopem sunt leugue XII, ubi est petronus sci. Iacobi Appli.1

Textual Note

Ed. Golubovich 1906

Textual Note

Bibliotheca Ambrosiana, Codex O.35 (late 13th century?)

Translation

If anyone should want to go from Aco to Mount Carmel, it is 8 leagues to the place where blessed Elijah the Prophet was. From Carmel to Caesarea is 8 leagues. There is said to be the Table of the Lord and the [tombs of the] four daughters of St. Philip and the site of the centurion Cornelius. And from Caesarea to Joppe is 12 leagues, and there is the stone of St. James the Apostle.2

Translation Note

Trans. Pringle 2018

Works Cited

1 Anonymous X, Itinerarium Sanctorum Locorum, in Bibliotheca Bio-Bibliografica Della Terra Santa e Dell’Oriente Francescano I: 1215-1300, ed. Girolamo Golubovich (Quaracchi: Collegio di S. Bonaventura, 1906), p: 408.
2 Ernoul, Chronicle, in Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 1187-1291, trans. Pringle, Denys, vol. 23, Crusade Texts in Translation (London: Routledge, 2018), p: 173.

Additional Bibliography

Sabino de Sandoli, ed., Itinera Hierosolymitana crucesignatorum (saec. XII-XIII) III: Tempore recuperationis Terrae Sanctae (1187-1244), vol. 3, 4 vols., Studium biblicum Franciscanum, collectio major 24 (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1983), p: 101-107.

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How to Cite This Entry

Joseph L. Rife, “Anonymous X, Itinerary of the Holy Places 408,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 14, 2021, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/284.

Bibliography:

Joseph L. Rife, “Anonymous X, Itinerary of the Holy Places 408.” In Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, edited by Joseph L. Rife., edited by Joseph L. Rife. Caesarea City and Port Exploration Project, 2021. Entry published June 14, 2021. https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/284.

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Entry Title: Anonymous X, Itinerary of the Holy Places 408

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