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Vikan, Gary.
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Jesus Christ -- Relics.
Holy Shroud.
Burial clothing.
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Hoaxes -- History.
Turin (Italy)
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Vikan, Gary.
Jesus Christ -- Relics.
Holy Shroud.
Burial clothing.
Relics.
Hoaxes -- History.
Turin (Italy)
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Holy Shroud : a brilliant hoax in the time of the black death / Gary Vikan.
by
Vikan, Gary.
Pegasus Books, c2020.
Call #:
232.966 V694h
Subjects
Jesus Christ -- Relics.
Holy Shroud.
Burial
clothing
.
Relics.
Hoaxes -- History.
Turin (Italy)
ISBN:
9781643134321 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
211 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Gary Vikan is the former Director of the Walters Art Museum. An internationally known medieval scholar, he holds a PhD in medieval art and has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Carleton College, Goucher College, and the Salzburg Global Seminar. He is the author of Sacred and Stolen and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Includes bibliographical references, sources for quoted passages and index.
Summary:
"The history of the Christian church is strewn with holy relics and artifacts, none more controversial than the Shroud of Turin, the supposed
burial
cloth of Christ. In 'The Holy Shroud' Gary Vikan shows that the shroud is not the
burial
cloth of Jesus at all, but rather a photograph-like body print of a medieval Frenchman created by a brilliant artist in the time of the Black Death. The Shroud was likely gifted by King John II to Geoffroi de Charny, the most renowned knight of the Middle Ages, who shortly thereafter, died at the disastrous Battle of Poitiers while saving the king's life. Though intended as nothing more than a devotional image for Geoffroi's newly-built church in the French hamlet of Lirey, it was soon misrepresented. Miracles were faked, money was made and the Shroud has been the center of speculation and controversty ever since. But while other scholars, and even the Catholic Church itself, have never confirmed the authenticity of the Shroud, the question always remained - how did that image get there? Combining copious research and decades of art world experience with an accessible, wry voice, Gary Vikan shows how one of the greatest hoaxes in the history -- and that iconic image -- came into being."--Jacket.
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