{"id":891,"date":"2012-08-25T10:39:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T08:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pannonbooks.hu\/?p=891"},"modified":"2023-02-28T15:58:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:58:49","slug":"spanish-police-recovers-12th-century-codex-calixtinus-manuscript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pannonbooks.hu\/en\/spanish-police-recovers-12th-century-codex-calixtinus-manuscript\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Police recovers 12th century Codex Calixtinus manuscript"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cA priceless 12th century illustrated manuscript containing what has been described as Europe’s first travel guide has been stolen from the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. The Codex Calixtinus, which was kept in a safe at the cathedral’s archives, is thought to have been stolen by professional thieves on Sunday afternoon. Archivists did not notice its disappearance, however, until Tuesday, when the cathedral’s dean was told it was missing.\u201d (The Guardian 2011)<\/p>\n

A year ago the spectacular theft of the Codex Calixtinus was reported in the press. Almost 12 months later, this famous Codex, which is considered one of the most valuable books worldwide, has been found by the National Police in a garage in Santiago de Compostela. On Wednesday, 4th July, the police arrested the alleged thief, Manuel Fern\u00e1ndez Casta\u00f1eiras, who had been working as an electrician at the Cathedral for several years. It is said that he claimed 400,000 \u20ac compensation from the Cathedral for his unfair dismissal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ministry said police found some \u20ac1.2 million ($1.5 million) as well as other valuable religious works at houses belonging to the detainees.\u201d (The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe C\u00f3dice was found in a rubbish bag in the garage of Manuel\u2019s home, in a cardboard box. Witnesses report that the police also found four books from the cathedral and a silver tray. \u2026 Police also arrested his wife, his son and the son\u2019s girlfriend for the robbery which took place on July 5 2011\u201d (Typically Spanish)<\/p>\n

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\u201cA priceless 12th century illustrated manuscript containing what has been described as Europe’s first travel guide has been stolen from the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. The Codex Calixtinus, which was kept in a safe at the cathedral’s archives, is thought to have been stolen by professional thieves on Sunday afternoon. Archivists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hirek"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t