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33: 17: 140:, the report is a dry enumeration of the cities through which he passed and the places where he stopped or changed horses, with their respective distances. For the Holy Land he also briefly notes the important events which he believes to be connected with the various places. Here he makes some strange blunders, as when he places the 205:). The segments of the journey are summarised; they are delineated by major cities, with major summaries at Rome and Milan, long-established centers of culture and administration, and Constantinople, refounded by Constantine only three years previously, and the "non-city" of Jerusalem. 311:"We travelled in the Consulate of Dalmatius and Zenophilus, leaving Chalcedonia on 30 May and returned to Constantinople on 26 December in the same Consulate." Quoted in Jaś Elsner, "The Itinerarium Burdigalense: Politics and Salvation in the Geography of Constantine's Empire", 224:
survives in four manuscripts, all written between the 8th and 10th centuries. Two give only the Judean portion of the trip, which is fullest in topographical glosses on the sites, in a range of landscape detail missing from the other sections, and Christian legend.
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Some scholars of early Christianity maintain that the book is not a first-person account of a Christian pilgrimage to Byzantine Palestine but a collection of secondhand stories compiled by someone living in Bordeaux.
170:." Elsner found to his surprise "how swiftly a Christian author was willing implicitly to re-arrange and redefine deeply entrenched institutional norms, while none the less writing on an entirely traditional model ." 336:"...the non-city of Jerusalem, which until Constantine's accession was nothing but a provincial backwater, its Jewish and Christian sites utterly destroyed in its Hadrianic refounding." (Elsner 2000:189) 369: 162:
to which the pilgrim went had to be entirely reinvented in those years, since its main site – ancient Jerusalem – had been sacked under the
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Mapped route of the journey described by an unnamed Christian pilgrim, who travelled from Gallia Aquitania (Southern France) to the Holy Land in the fourth century.
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Glenn Bowman argues that it is a carefully structured work relating profoundly to Old and New Biblical dispensations via the medium of water and baptism imagery.
714: 353: 423: 488: 318:(2000:181–195) p. 183. On the return journey, the pilgrim took another route to see Rome. The return trip from Milan to Bordeaux is not repeated. 461: 418: 429: 481: 32: 405: 864: 400:: Aetheria/Egeria, Reise in das Heilige Land. Lateinisch/deutsch (Sammlung Tusculum). Berlin und Boston: De Gruyter 2016. 839: 819: 453: 473: 437: 688: 148:. His description of Jerusalem, though short, contains information of great value for the topography of the city. 257: 859: 849: 776: 874: 854: 350: 349:. (ed. Lee. I. Levine). New York & Jerusalem: Continuum Press and Magness Press. 1998. pp. 163–187 ( 869: 111: 345:
Bowman, "Mapping History's Redemption: Eschatology and Topography in the Itinerarium Burdigalense' in
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The basic edition is that edited by P. Geyer and O. Kuntz, Brepols, 1965; general context of early
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Jerusalem: its Sanctity and Centrality to Judaism, Christianity and Islam
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4th-century account of a pligrimage from Bordeaux to the Holy Land
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Many of these texts have been translated and published by the
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of Caesarea, Church historian and geographer of the Holy Land
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to the next and distinguishes between each change of horses (
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The compiler of the itinerary cites the boundaries from one
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Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Late Roman Empire AD 312–460
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in 333 and 334 as he travelled by land through northern
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Tractatus de locis et statu sancte terre ierosolimitane
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New York: Robert Appleton Company. 243:, pilgrim to the Holy Land (c. 381–384) 832: 438:The Bordeaux Pilgrim at Centuryone.com 419:An overview (with maps) of the account 45:("Bordeaux Itinerary"), also known as 477: 13: 391: 154:notes that twenty-one years after 14: 901: 412: 820:Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society 454:Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society 94:; then through the provinces of 59:from the city of Burdigala (now 258:Antoninus of Piacenza (pilgrim) 378: 363: 339: 330: 321: 305: 288: 215: 1: 281: 158:legalized Christianity, "the 658:Puteshestive igumena Daniila 460:Bechtel, Florentine (1910). 313:The Journal of Roman Studies 47:Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum 7: 865:4th-century Christian texts 689:Leiðarvísir og borgarskipan 668:Descriptio de locis sanctis 228: 130:Interpretation and analysis 67:) in the Roman province of 10: 906: 840:4th-century books in Latin 777:Bertrandon de la Broquière 722:Itinerarium terrae sanctae 351:on-line text in pdf format 298:is provided by E.D. Hunt, 277:, pilgrim to the Holy Land 271:, pilgrim to the Holy Land 110:; and then back by way of 816: 745: 707:Libellus de locis sanctis 696:Descriptio terrae sanctae 640: 605: 542: 517: 801:Bernhard von Breidenbach 553:Itinerarium Burdigalense 42:Itinerarium Burdigalense 22:Itinerarium Burdigalense 595:Itinerarium Placentinum 533:Arculf Map of Jerusalem 753:Burchard of Mount Sion 587:De situ terrae sanctae 426:, in a series of pages 181:) and stopover place ( 37: 24: 732:Liber peregrinationis 726:Wilbrand of Oldenburg 579:Breviary of Jerusalem 467:Catholic Encyclopedia 137:Catholic Encyclopedia 35: 19: 860:Holy Land travellers 850:Prose texts in Latin 783:Gabriele Capodilista 746:Later Islamic period 662:Daniel the Traveller 630:Itinerarium Bernardi 606:Early Islamic period 296:Christian pilgrimage 193:) and the fortress ( 875:Pilgrimage accounts 855:Medieval literature 568:Peregrinatio Paulae 561:Itinerarium Egeriae 424:English translation 106:in the province of 356:2006-09-24 at the 263:Chronicon Paschale 249:, Bible translator 38: 25: 870:Roman itineraries 827: 826: 807:Conrad Grünenberg 771:Nompar of Caumont 406:978-3-11-051811-5 166:and refounded as 134:According to the 897: 890:4th-century maps 700:John of Würzburg 614:De locis sanctis 545:Byzantine period 498: 491: 484: 475: 474: 457: 444:Bordeaux Pilgrim 385: 384:Elsner 2000:190. 382: 376: 367: 361: 343: 337: 334: 328: 327:Elsner 2000:181. 325: 319: 309: 303: 292: 275:John of Würzburg 168:Aelia Capitolina 108:Syria-Palaestina 69:Gallia Aquitania 905: 904: 900: 899: 898: 896: 895: 894: 830: 829: 828: 823: 812: 741: 672:Rorgo Fretellus 641:Crusader period 636: 601: 544: 538: 513: 502: 415: 394: 392:Further reading 389: 388: 383: 379: 368: 364: 358:Wayback Machine 344: 340: 335: 331: 326: 322: 310: 306: 293: 289: 284: 231: 218: 164:Emperor Hadrian 142:Transfiguration 132: 28: 12: 11: 5: 903: 893: 892: 887: 882: 877: 872: 867: 862: 857: 852: 847: 842: 825: 824: 817: 814: 813: 811: 810: 804: 798: 792: 786: 780: 774: 768: 762: 759:Symon Semeonis 756: 749: 747: 743: 742: 740: 739: 729: 719: 711: 703: 693: 685: 675: 665: 655: 644: 642: 638: 637: 635: 634: 626: 618: 609: 607: 603: 602: 600: 599: 591: 583: 575: 565: 557: 548: 546: 543:Late Roman and 540: 539: 537: 536: 530: 523: 521: 515: 514: 501: 500: 493: 486: 478: 472: 471: 458: 440: 435: 434: 433: 430:The Latin text 427: 414: 413:External links 411: 410: 409: 393: 390: 387: 386: 377: 362: 338: 329: 320: 304: 286: 285: 283: 280: 279: 278: 272: 266: 260: 255: 250: 244: 238: 230: 227: 217: 214: 175:Roman province 131: 128: 92:Constantinople 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 902: 891: 888: 886: 883: 881: 878: 876: 873: 871: 868: 866: 863: 861: 858: 856: 853: 851: 848: 846: 843: 841: 838: 837: 835: 821: 815: 808: 805: 802: 799: 796: 793: 790: 787: 784: 781: 778: 775: 772: 769: 766: 763: 760: 757: 754: 751: 750: 748: 744: 737: 733: 730: 727: 723: 720: 717: 716: 712: 709: 708: 704: 701: 697: 694: 691: 690: 686: 683: 679: 676: 673: 669: 666: 663: 659: 656: 653: 649: 646: 645: 643: 639: 632: 631: 627: 624: 623: 619: 616: 615: 611: 610: 608: 604: 597: 596: 592: 589: 588: 584: 581: 580: 576: 573: 569: 566: 563: 562: 558: 555: 554: 550: 549: 547: 541: 534: 531: 529:(6th century) 528: 525: 524: 522: 520: 516: 512: 509: 506: 499: 494: 492: 487: 485: 480: 479: 476: 469: 468: 463: 459: 455: 451: 450: 445: 441: 439: 436: 432:, in one page 431: 428: 425: 422: 421: 420: 417: 416: 407: 403: 399: 398:Kai Brodersen 396: 395: 381: 375: 371: 366: 359: 355: 352: 348: 342: 333: 324: 317: 314: 308: 301: 297: 291: 287: 276: 273: 270: 267: 264: 261: 259: 256: 254: 251: 248: 245: 242: 239: 236: 233: 232: 226: 223: 213: 209: 206: 204: 203: 198: 197: 192: 191: 186: 185: 180: 176: 171: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 147: 143: 139: 138: 127: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 72: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 53: 48: 44: 43: 34: 30: 23: 18: 845:Travel books 789:Santo Brasca 731: 721: 713: 705: 695: 687: 677: 667: 657: 647: 628: 622:Hodoeporicon 620: 612: 593: 585: 577: 567: 559: 552: 551: 465: 448: 380: 365: 346: 341: 332: 323: 315: 312: 307: 299: 290: 221: 219: 210: 207: 200: 194: 188: 182: 178: 172: 150: 146:Mount Olivet 135: 133: 76:Roman Empire 73: 50: 46: 41: 40: 39: 29: 21: 797:(1480–1483) 795:Felix Fabri 779:(1432–1433) 738:(1217–1218) 728:(1211–1212) 682:John Phokas 664:(1106–1108) 654:(1102–1103) 519:Cartography 222:Itinerarium 216:Manuscripts 199:) or city ( 156:Constantine 52:itinerarium 834:Categories 527:Madaba Map 462:Itineraria 452:. 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itinerarium
pilgrim
Bordeaux
France
Gallia Aquitania
Roman Empire
Holy Land
Italy
Danube
Constantinople
Asia
Syria
Jerusalem
Syria-Palaestina
Macedonia
Otranto
Rome
Milan
Catholic Encyclopedia
Transfiguration
Mount Olivet
Jaś Elsner
Constantine
Holy Land
Emperor Hadrian
Aelia Capitolina
Roman province
mansio

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