Item 611 - Certificate of authenticity for a relic from the Shrine of Loreto

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Add. MS a/611

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Certificate of authenticity for a relic from the Shrine of Loreto

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  • 17 Sept. 1820 (Creation)

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1 single sheet with small piece of veil attached; paper, cloth

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Santa Casa di Loreto

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Presented by Robert Potts, MA, Trinity College Cambridge.

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The certificate is signed by L'Arciprete Giannizza, Custode, attesting that the attached black veil was worn during Holy Week in the shrine and touched the statue of the Virgin Mary and other holy items in the house.

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      Previously described in a list of curiosities in Trinity College Library as a fragment of the Virgin Mary's veil.

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