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someone has a page up on The Innernets devoted to the present relic, as shown
in postcard pictures from 1927:
http://ariadne.org/cc/voile/voile.html
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Received: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:47:01 PM EST
From: Dr Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 27. January
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Marjorie,
> According to Yves Delaporte, a very knowledgeable canon of Chartres in
> the early 20th century, the venerable old Sainte-Chasse was opened with
> the intention of translating the relics in it to a new reliquary, since
> the old one, reputedly made in the late 10th century, was falling
> apart. At some time in the 17th century, a special rod of gold had been
> made in order to poke about through the holes in it, and there was a
> repair effected in 1679. Shortly later, though, it was claimed that
> fabric could be seen through the holes in the shrine. Nevertheless, a
> new reliquary was not made in 1712, and that may have been because of
> the shock and disappointment of not finding the Holy Tunic within. All
> that was found was a length of silk that was immediately interpreted as
> the Virgin's Veil. A brave face was put on, but the Veil was stuffed
> back into its rickety old reliquary until the French Revolution, when
> the reliquary was melted down, but the relic saved. That is the
> "official" story, in any case. There were occasional references,
> however, to a Veil from the late 13th century, and I can't help
> suspecting that the good canons had sneaked a peak much earlier than
> 1712. We will probably never know the whole story.
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> Marjorie Greene wrote:
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> > Jim Bugslag wrote: reliquary (which when opened in 1712 was found [not
> > to contain a tunic]
> >
> > Now I'm curious why this reliquary was opened in 1712. Louis XIV
> > surely wasn't hoping for any more children...
> > MG
> >
> >
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