Priceless medieval Spanish pilgrim guide 'missing'

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A priceless 12th century guide to Spain’s Way of Saint James pilgrimage, the Codex Calixtinus, has disappeared from the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, police said Thursday.

One of the Western world’s first ‘guidebooks’, it is only shown to the public on special occasions such as Pope Benedict XVI’s visit last November to the northeastern Spanish city.

news.yahoo.com/priceless-medieval-spanish-pilgrim-guide-missing-103128165.html

The local Correo Gallego newspaper reported that distraught cathedral staff spent hours searching for the manuscript before contacting police late that night.

“Although security systems have been improved considerably it is true to say that they are not of the kind one might find in a bank or a well-protected jewellers,” the newspaper reported.

guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/07/codex-calixtinus-manuscript-stolen-santiago-compostela

The codex is believed to have been stolen on Sunday, although it wasn’t noticed to be missing until Tuesday.

Some additional information about the Codex Calixtinus:
omifacsimiles.com/brochures/images/calix2.pdf