[Gocamino] Medieval Pilgrims;

[Rosina]

Now you tell me!
Indeed, the book is listed in Amazon for $40.50 NEW and $78.58 USED (??????) What might this mean? It just came out!
'Tis a puzzlement.

Rosina


-----Original Message-----
From: Sil <sillydoll at gmail.com>
To: saintjames at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 1:12 pm
Subject: Re: [saintjames] Medieval Pilgrims;


Thanks Rosina.  The book is listed on the website of the American Pilgrims.
 ordered a copy last week!
arnes & Noble have the book for $40.50 and people in the UK can buy a 2nd
and book through Amazon.co.uk for £18.
'm really looking forward to receiving my copy.
il

2009/11/21 Rosina <Blaroli at aol.com>
>


 Hello you all,
 I took advantage of being in Washington D.C. last week to run into the
 delightful National Gallery Museum (where the entrance is free for all, all
 the time!), and was quite bowled over by two startling surprises. In the
 gift shop, I found, for the first time in the USA, Camino calendars
 prominently displayed and, it appeared, selling briskly. They are wall
 calendars, about 12 x 12 inches and they are about the prettiest and most
 evocative that I've ever seen anywhere. They are distributed by an outfit
 called Tushita, Inc. USA - tushita.usa at tushita.com<tushita.usa%40tushita.com>- 
SBN 978-3-86765-335-0. and are entitled "The year 2010. CAMINO DE
 SANTIAGO Way and Destination."
 As though such find were not enough, walking on to the bookstore there was,
 in pride of place, a just published book about the Camino written by
 medievalist professor Kathleen Ashley of the University of Southern Maine,
 and admirably illustrated by Marilyn Deegan who is Professor Emeritus in the
 Humanities at Kings College in London. The name of the book is "BEING A
 PILGRIM" Art and Ritual on the Medieval Routes to Santiago
 (ISBN 978-0-85331-989-4). And what a book it is!
 The narratives of the culture, geography, and social and architectural
 infrastructure of the pilgrimage are richly complemented by riveting
 sections on visiting the Saints, the wonder of the towns, legends folklore
 and miracles, the musical journey and the ritual endings of the Pilgrimage
 in Santiago.. The illustrations and photographs are incomparably revealing
 and fascinating in major and minor details. And a lot of them cover things
 that I never knew nothing about. The presentation is such that even someone
 not cognizant of the Camino will be enthralled by it.. The book is large,
 about 10 by 12 inches, and weighty since its 261 pages are printed in that
 heavy glossy paper of art books.It costs $60. and is worth every penny. I
 haven't been so impressed by a Camino book since Linda Davidson's ten years
 ago. In fact, after reading the first part of the book, and leafing through
 the rest, quite unconsciously I went to fetch my old walking stick and stood
 it besides my bed.
 And to have found these treasures at the National Gallery in D.C. Wow!
 Adding these publications to the recently completed encyclopedia put
 together by our very own Kathy Gower it certainly does seem that Christmas
 has come early this year.

 Now, it seems that preparations for the PBS Camino documentary are
 proceeding apace. The producers will be getting directly in touch with those
 of you who expressed a willingness to be in the documentary. Filming, I am
 told, will commence on the Camino around April of next year.

 Hugs!

 Rosina

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