Posted on 07/05/2012 2:58:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A former caretaker of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, along with his wife, son, and another women, have been arrested by Spanish police in connection with the theft of the Codex Calixtinus, an important 12th-century manuscript.
The manuscript has not yet been recovered, but police believe that they will soon find it. The Director General of Police, Ignacio Cosido, said in an interview, "I think we're in the right direction to solve the case. The investigation is ongoing, but the main objective is to find the Codex."
The police have also recovered ?1.2m in cash, eight other copies of the Codex as well as other manuscripts ("of great value") that had disappeared from the cathedral, and other church documents.
The caretaker had worked as an electrician at the cathedral for over 25 years but had been fired. Cosidó explains, "the amount of evidence to be found clearly indicate that he may be the perpetrator of the theft."
The Codex Calixtinus was stolen in July 2011 when the manuscript was removed from the cathedral's safe. Dozens of police officers have been involved in the search of the manuscript, which contains a kind of travel guide to the famous pilgrimage way of Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain.
(Excerpt) Read more at medievalists.net ...
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Thanks Renfield. |
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How beautiful! I hope it wasn’t damaged during its “walk-about”.
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