Aymeric Picaud was a 12th-century French scholar, monk and pilgrim from Parthenay-le-Vieux in Poitou. He is most widely known today as being the suspected author of the Codex Calixtinus, an illuminated manuscript giving background information for pilgrims travelling the Way of St. James. In essence, he wrote one of the earliest known tourist guidebooks.
AymericPicaud was a 12th-century French scholar, monk and pilgrim from Parthenay-le-Vieux in Poitou. He is most widely known today as being the suspected...
"Pseudo-Calixtus", but is often identified with the French scholar AymericPicaud. Its most likely period of compilation is 1138–1145. It was intended...
13 December 1124. A decade or two later, a French scholar (probably AymericPicaud) began composing a combination of miracle tales, liturgical texts and...
Emilianenses. A more substantial early witness is a few words and phrases in AymericPicaud's account of his journey to Santiago de Compostela (around the year 1140)...
argument is based on the 12th-century account, the Codex Calixtinus, of AymericPicaud, a French pilgrim, who recorded a number of Basque words and expressions...
conquest of Hispania (8th century) the 12th century diary of the pilgrim AymericPicaud various medieval sources making references to pagan rituals, including...
and cider-making. The other is the circa 1134 diary of the pilgrim AymericPicaud included in the Codex Calixtinus who mentions the Basques being notable...
and cider-making. The other is the circa 1134 diary of the pilgrim AymericPicaud included in the Codex Calixtinus who mentions the Basques being notable...
as the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, which employed between 25 and 30. AymericPicaud in his Codex Calixtinus provides data that: [...] with about 50 other...
Rocamadour. According to the A Guide for the Traveller compiled by AymericPicaud in the 12th century, four routes lead to Santiago de Compostella: the...
Global Information