Richard of Lincoln : a medieval doctor travels to Jerusalem / edited and translated by Francis Davey.

  • Davey, Francis
Date:
2013
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Credit: Richard of Lincoln : a medieval doctor travels to Jerusalem / edited and translated by Francis Davey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    whatever you would be willing to pay for it, except in the monasteries of the observant friars of St Francis. (Newett, Canon Pietro Casola's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Year 1494, Manchester 1907, page 397) The Franciscan monastery he describes still stands. When one recalls that the Franciscans, based in their monastery of Mount Syon in Jerusalem, were responsible for providing guides and accommodation for pilgrims throughout their time in the Holy Land, it is not surprising that their hospitality featured so prominently in the earlier stages of the pilgrims' journeys. 6. Conclusion In their accounts of their journeys Richard of Lincoln and William Wey have left descriptions which, though brief, yet rouse our admiration and stir our imagination. They provoke questions about medieval travel which one would gladly pursue further, but, terse though they are, they still give the reader of today faint echoes of the sounds, sights and smells experienced by two devout and intrepid pilgrims, one a doctor and the other a priest, who crossed Europe to the Holy Land five centuries ago. APPENDIX Relics, listed by Richard of Lincoln and William Wey, which were available for pilgrims to venerate. Part 1. Between England and Venice. Richard notes :- Aachen Our Lady' s smock and hair Cologne The Kings (i.e. the Magi) The 11,000 Virgins (i.e. St Ursula and her companions) A nail from Christ's hand The body of St ApoUonia St Peter's staff One of the Holy Innocents A nail from Christ's hand The body of St Augustine The body of St Helena The body of St Zacharias A bone of St Christopher An arm of St George The body of St Gregory The body of St Theophilus Milan Pavia Venice
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