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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 652077, member: 2844"]Textile relics abound, whether real or not. Tunics and fragments of saints' clothing, for instance.</p><p>The Sancta Camisia in Chartres cathedral, France. Said to be the veil of the virgin Mary:</p><p><img src="http://sites.tufts.edu/textilerelics/files/2011/02/ARTSTOR_103_41822003292776-239x300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tunic of st Francis in st Francis basilica in Assisi, Italy:</p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/474x/70/41/ff/7041ff064965bb7c1ec006551ee24b1c--medieval-tunic-medieval-clothing.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever you think of relics, they are important to people of many faiths around the world. I for one respect that. </p><p>It is just a pity that fakers throughout the centuries have taken advantage of those faithful. But even a fake can bring solace, as we've seen with the Turin Shroud.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 652077, member: 2844"]Textile relics abound, whether real or not. Tunics and fragments of saints' clothing, for instance. The Sancta Camisia in Chartres cathedral, France. Said to be the veil of the virgin Mary: [IMG]http://sites.tufts.edu/textilerelics/files/2011/02/ARTSTOR_103_41822003292776-239x300.jpg[/IMG] Tunic of st Francis in st Francis basilica in Assisi, Italy: [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/474x/70/41/ff/7041ff064965bb7c1ec006551ee24b1c--medieval-tunic-medieval-clothing.jpg[/IMG] Whatever you think of relics, they are important to people of many faiths around the world. I for one respect that. It is just a pity that fakers throughout the centuries have taken advantage of those faithful. But even a fake can bring solace, as we've seen with the Turin Shroud.[/QUOTE]
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