Besides having a great name, Ransom Riggs is a good fellow (we once sat on a panel together at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books) who's in the habit of making relics. Sort of. As I was thinking about Umberto Eco and my personal artifacts in a previous post, Riggs came to mind. The … Continue reading Relic, relique, reliquus: Part 2
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Relic, relique, reliquus: Part I
Recently, two unusual objects entered my life: an icon, and an old newspaper article. The icon, of St. Nicholas (good name), was made in Minsk -- the gift of a Belarus friend. The saint's holy image is painted on a thin slip of parchment that's been pasted to the smooth side of a piece of … Continue reading Relic, relique, reliquus: Part I
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