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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > seems to me, i donno, that it is damnéd near as difficult to > convincingly "fake" a breathtakingly mediocre style as it is to > convincingly "fake" a breathtakingly Fine one. I forwarded the link on to a bunch of SCA woodworkers, one of whom posited the idea that the casket might be made of wood reclaimed from a previous box, such as might happen if a saint's coffin was exhumed and the wood sized down to create a smaller box to hold merely the bones. It would be difficult, I would imagine, for the devote craftsman to have to balance 'making it fit correctly' against 'profaning a sacred [the original box] object' by shaving off too much of the wood. Terri Morgan ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html