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Joe Nickell.
The Jesus Relics: From the Holy Grail to the Turin Shroud.

Published Stroud: The History Press, 2008 (previously issued by Kentucky U.P., 2007).
ISBN 9780752445984.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printed in the UK.
Size: 162x241x24mm.
Page count: 251pp.
Main language: English.
Unused bargain: this copy has some mild shop wear.


This item £6.50
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £20.00]
Weight without packaging: 548g.

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No overall medieval emphasis. Contents: Intro. — life of Jesus; Cult of relics; Christian relics; Holy Grail; Self-portraits of Jesus; The True Cross; Other crucifixion relics; Holy shrouds; Shroud of Turin; "Photograph" of Christ; The Sudarium of Oviedo; Blood of Jesus; The James Ossuary.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 30 pages of monochrome illustrations
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 9pp
Index: no

[BML/UB]

See also | Esoteric studies | Pilgrims & pilgrimage |

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