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Holy objects
By: Molly McGuire
From the yellowed bones of saints to the Shroud of Turin and the tears of the Virgin Mary, the supposed relics and reliquaries of medieval art have long been surrounded by great commotion. The veneration and purchasing of objects associated with holy figures is not something limited to “The Canterbury Tales”; the prospect of finding connections between the world of faith and the physical, tangible world is something that has always captivated people.
