In Canterbury Cathedral the tomb of a church elder is encrusted with intricately carved marble bones. A basilica in the German town of Waldsassen is guarded by an array of finely dressed and elaborately jewelled skeletons. Fifty miles west of Prague a church boasts a magnificent chandelier made entirely from human bones. The catacombs under the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome have elaborate architecture and artefacts made from the bones of the friars who once resided there. There are at least four locations which claim to hold the skull of John the Baptist. And five which allegedly store the physical relics of St Valentine. And let’s not even talk about Jesus’s foreskin…
The Catholic Church has a long relationship with human remains, one which only begins with the body of Christ. This talk by Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving will investigate what this relationship reveals about our understanding of anatomy and the role the church played in this development. Using a myriad of images of bones and relics from churches across Europe, Cat will examine what this tells us about the history of human dissection, and about the dark space inside us all.
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Skull of Adam
Anatomy and the Catholic Church |
13:30 - 15:00 | £12.00 |
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