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Priceless Manuscript Stolen from Spanish Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela

July 8, 2011 by  
Filed under Art Crime & Legal

MADRID (AP).- A priceless collection of 12th-century religious manuscripts was stolen from a cathedral in the northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, police said Friday. Galicia regional police inspector Benigno Roca said a special unit has been set up to try to recover the Calixtinus Codex, which went missing from a strongbox in the cathedral’s archive room last week. He said there were no signs of a break-in. Roca said European police forces had been alerted. Cathedral dean Jose Maria [...]