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heavenly bodies cult treasures and spectacular saints more than a photography book heavenly bodies is a beautifully haunting history of the catb saints takenom rome by the catholic church centuries ago. koudoumaris does a fantastic job of weaving the tale of the discovery of the skeletons their issue to the towns that revered them and the eventual horrific downfall of their esteem.
heavenly bodies cult treasures amp spectacular saintsom the heavenly bodies in question are the catb saints. remains of early christian burials that were dug up by the catholic church during the counter reformation and sent to the germanic parts of europe to replace the relics that had beenstroyed by the protestants.

heavenly bodies reassembled by skilled artisans encrusted with gold and jewels and richly dressed in fantastic costumes the skeletons were displayed in elaborate public shrines as remirs of the spiritual treasures that awaited the faithful afterath. for nearly three centuries these heavenly bodies were venerated as miracleworkers and protectors of theirmunities until doubts about their authenticity surfaced in the mrn era.

heavenly bodies cult treasures and spectacular saints the skeletons known as the catb saints were carefully reassembled richly dressed in fantastic costumes wigs crowns jewels and armor and posed in elaborate displays ins churches and shrines as remirs to the faithful of the heavenly treasures that awaited them afterath.

heavenly bodies jeweled skeletons of the catb saints in weird book club / by charlie hintz the new book heavenly bodies cult treasures and spectacular saintsom the catbs by paul koudounaris prov a rare look at the europes jeweled skeletons of christian saints. in the 16th century the protestant reformation lead to thestruction of many religious images.

heavenly bodies cult treasures amp spectacular saintsom heavenly bodies cult treasures amp spectacular saintsom the catbs. hardcover 2 sept. 2013. by. paul koudounaris author visit amazons paul koudounaris page. search results for this author. paul koudounaris author 4.7 out of 5 stars 190 ratings. see all formats and editions.

catb saints wikipedia catb saints were the bodies of ancient christians that were carefully exhumedom the catbs of rome and sent abroad to serve as relics of certain saintsom the 16th century to the 19th century. they were typically lavishlycorated with gold and precious stones.

the most beautiful dead photographs of europes jeweled yetspite their fascinating garb they have been almost otten. a new booking out this october by labased photographer and author paul koudounaris called heavenly bodies cult treasures.

meet the fantastically bejeweled skeletons of catholicism his pursuit of the bones soon turned into a book project heavenly bodies cult treasures and spectacular saintsom the catbs in which he documents the martyred bones journeyom ancient.

heavenly bodies cult treasures and spectacular saints his previous books incl the empire of death and heavenly bodies. he lives in los angeles. praise for heavenly bodies cult treasures and spectacular saintsom the catbs these macabre images elicit a range of contemporary referencesom goonies to blingln rappers to artist damien hirsts diamoncrusted skull.