Dear Dr Reardon
I have a hockey stick signed by Clement IV if you're interested.
John A.W. Lock
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From: JJ.reardon <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: I need a clue - the Calcutta Indians bureau
> Knowing that I am such a pope freak and love relics ect., my co-worker
> brought that to my attention today, the mother Tereasa baseball. I would
get
> one, even if it was faked.
>
> Now, if only there was a baseball signed by the late great Alexander VI
> (Borgia pope, 1492-1503). I'd kill for that. Or any other possession of
his.
> Sayyyy...there is a storeroom in the Vatican for past popes' belongings,
> does anyone know if that is accessible to scholars or lay people? wouldn't
> that be fun...a Vatican garage sale.
>
> Wendy Reardon
> Pope Joan II
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J. Michael Walker <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: I need a clue - the Calcutta Indians bureau
>
>
> >
> >
> > S. V. Earle wrote:
> > >on the brisk trade in relics might be nice -- if there is such a thing.
> > >
> > Josef Gulka wrote:
> > >You might try Patrick J.Geary, <FURTA SACRA: Thefts of Relics in the
> > >Central Middle Ages> Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,
> > >repr. 1991.
> > >as a starting point. The bibliography is ripe with specific studies
> > >on particular "sacred" objects sought and gathered and 'transacted'.
> >
> >
> > In the "The more things change..." department - -
> >
> > Today's LA Times carries a report on the FBI breaking up an enormous
fraud
> > ring, based out of the San Diego California area, that specialized in
the
> > production and sale of zillions of dollars' worth of counterfeit sports
> > memorabilia - photos of athletes with fake autographs, baseballs, bats,
> etc.
> >
> > Why I bring this news to the List's esteemed attention, is because of
what
> > is perhaps the most wonderfully inspired of the ring's works of fakery,
> and
> > a "relic" any number of us would treasure:
> >
> > a baseball autographed by Mother Theresa.
> >
> >
> > The meditative, speculative, narrative, and creative possibilities send
> the
> > mind reeling into the outer outfield.
> > Respectfully submitted,
> > Magister Levitatorum
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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