Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe
Title:
Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe
Author:
Freeman, Charles
Location:
New Haven, CT; London
Notes:
CCCC MS 16II Uses CCCC MS 16II f.142v as an example of the power deriving from the display of relics. Here, French king Louis IX raises the True Cross to be admired from a makeshift tower.