A GUIDE TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA FOR PILGRIMS

Details written about the cathedral to Santiago de Compostela is the pilgrim guide. Evidently, the guide gives a representation of different parts of the church. It aids the understanding of the readers of the church religious culture by representing verses of the bible in imagery. Most imageries used for the narration of the betrayal of Jesus Christ. The level of social and economic development of the medieval era was also represented in the guide. This is because the guide gives detail description of the buildings.
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Evidently, the guide contains more detail compared to the other guides. A major reason for this is to aid pilgrims seeks their objective. The factor that the St James Shrine is of great significance to Christians hence being detailed would ensure that relevant information on how to get it does not get lost even after translation. Additionally, the authors also intended to communicate the cultural, economic and social factors during that time and age. 3There are various aspects of the cathedral that really excite the guide. They include: the church dimensions, the portals and the altar. The dimensions of the church and the portals are exciting to the guide since they entail various details that significantly exhibit and represent the Christianity culture. Additionally, the altars are also exciting since they symbolize the God and rituals conducted by Christians. Such information is of great significance to pilgrims hence detailed in the guide. 4Reading the guide improves an individual’s understanding about the cathedral. It enables one understand various architectural design used to construct the church. Additionally, one can also understand some of the major values upheld and advocated in the cathedral through the use of imagery and other paintings. BibliographyTop of FormMelczer, William. The pilgrim's guide to Santiago de Compostela. New York, NY: Italica Press, 1993.Bottom of Form