During the Middle Ages could have happened that a pilgrim traveling to Rome stopped in a town valley for a few days stay: a little 'rest, a few glasses of wine and eaten a healthy rifocillante. Sometimes these travelers come from afar, often from the North Saxon, brought with them valuable documents and cases full of objects of great value, especially if these men were clerics on a pilgrimage to Rome in the heart of Christianity.
could happen, as often happened, that the "bystanders" who came from the North, died during their short stay in the Po valley, and therefore there leave their precious baggage. Exactly this happened to Vercelli, in the heart of the Middle Ages, when a clergyman came from Great Britain died during his stay in Vercelli: the pilgrim had with him a rich and valuable luggage - then inherited by the Church of Vercelli - which, above all, books.
One of these books immediately attracted the attention of early observers witty: a book written in a strange language, quite unknown to men of culture Vercelli medieval era. This book, however, was a precious object and it, along with other such beautiful specimens, was preserved in great precision and that is occupied by the canons of Vercelli, in the centuries to come, the preservation of religious, artistic and cultural life of the Church Eusebian.
This large book by the numerous pages and the most valuable time in the invoice had been nicknamed "the book that no one could read" in reference to the extreme difficulties of translation, which had accompanied the troubled history. Yet, having been shrouded in mystery for centuries, the secret "book that no one could read" was finally revealed in 1822: the language they were written the beautiful pages of the text was an Old English, what became fledged English. It was understood at once, then, extremely important and invaluable historical value of the book which has since taken the name of "Vercelli Book".
Between the pages of the manuscript, contenenti in gran parte omelie religiose e componimenti poetici, si cela però un altro intricato mistero: la presenza di rune celtiche, apposte quasi come firme autografe, in alcune parti dei componimenti sembra poter essere la chiave di volta per svelare la misteriosa origine dell’autore del libro o quantomeno del proprietario originale dello stesso. Le rune presenti nel manoscritto sono segnale evidente del legame indissolubile e profondo che intercorreva tra le popolazioni del Nord, celtiche e anglosassoni, con il mondo cristiano romano: proprio il “Vercelli Book” è uno dei documenti storici più preziosi che testimoniano la presenza e la vitalità, ancora nell’Europa medievale, di quel “cristianesimo celtico” many researchers are talking about, that is born of that extraordinary union between the peoples of Europe and Celtic and Anglo-Saxon view of the Christian religion as a complement and not as a denial of the identity of those peoples. E 'on this union, between Christianity and ancestral European identity, based Western European identity, which can not do without its symbols originating at the same time it would never become bright and flourishing - as he became - without 'fundamental contribution of Christianity.
on this course of historical research and use of identity is based on the location of the exhibition these days to the beautiful rooms of the Archbishop's Palace Vercelli: between manuscripts of great artistic and religious value, accompanied by the mysteries of the runes and immersed in the world of ancient Christianity, you reach the climax of the exhibition, beholding the exquisite workmanship of the "Vercelli Book", exposed to the public for the occasion.
The opening of the exhibition, visitors to the success and interest shown by them, has postponed its closure until 5 October, when Vercelli will be held - at 18, in the diocesan seminary - a conference Closing event: "The extraordinary values \u200b\u200bof our civilization," which will be attended by Governor of the Piedmont Region and Roberto Cota Vice-President of the National Catholic Alliance Introvigne. The perfect ending for a period of high culture, a moment of synthesis between art and religion, for, as said Nicolas Gomez Davila, "a work of art is a covenant with God."
Emanuele Pozzolo
Open to the public:
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:00 to 12:00
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 19:00 Admission to the exhibition
and the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo
€ 5.00 full € 4.00 reduced
Tours € 1.50
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13100 - Vercelli
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