scruffy1
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)
Greeting from Jerusalem
There have been so many books published on the subject of the Camino, literally hundreds of personal impressions of the Hape Kerkeling-Shirly McClain-Martin Sheen-Gees Nooteboom type, others focusing on art and architecture : “The Romanesque Churches of Spain” by Peter Strafford, “The Road to Santiago” by Michael Jacobs, even “The Gothic Choir-stalls of Spain” by Dorothy and Henry Kraus; some historical accounts of pilgrims and pilgrimage: The Age of Pilgrimage” by Jonathon Sumption (a personal favorite); “The Pilgrims Guide to Santiago” by William Melczer; “The Pilgrimage to Santiago” by Edwin Mullins and I have many more. My absolute favorite and one which, despite its bulk, weight, and size, was carried twice along the Camino Frances is “The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago” by David M. Gitilitz and Linda Kay Davidson. “The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago” is a comprehensive explanation presenting the history, art, architecture, and importance of every village, town, and city crossed along the Camino. Anyone who has entered the cathedral in Leon or Burgos and walked out again totally disorientated, confused, and otherwise lost due to the overwhelming complexity, beauty, and richness will appreciate this book. The surprise and richness of even small village churches are also outlined– the gold retablo of the church in Navarette for example-retablo? Read the book and discover for yourself but if you are in Navarette do put the coin in, you must in order to illuminate the interior.
I would love to hear from other people about their own favorite books
There have been so many books published on the subject of the Camino, literally hundreds of personal impressions of the Hape Kerkeling-Shirly McClain-Martin Sheen-Gees Nooteboom type, others focusing on art and architecture : “The Romanesque Churches of Spain” by Peter Strafford, “The Road to Santiago” by Michael Jacobs, even “The Gothic Choir-stalls of Spain” by Dorothy and Henry Kraus; some historical accounts of pilgrims and pilgrimage: The Age of Pilgrimage” by Jonathon Sumption (a personal favorite); “The Pilgrims Guide to Santiago” by William Melczer; “The Pilgrimage to Santiago” by Edwin Mullins and I have many more. My absolute favorite and one which, despite its bulk, weight, and size, was carried twice along the Camino Frances is “The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago” by David M. Gitilitz and Linda Kay Davidson. “The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago” is a comprehensive explanation presenting the history, art, architecture, and importance of every village, town, and city crossed along the Camino. Anyone who has entered the cathedral in Leon or Burgos and walked out again totally disorientated, confused, and otherwise lost due to the overwhelming complexity, beauty, and richness will appreciate this book. The surprise and richness of even small village churches are also outlined– the gold retablo of the church in Navarette for example-retablo? Read the book and discover for yourself but if you are in Navarette do put the coin in, you must in order to illuminate the interior.
I would love to hear from other people about their own favorite books