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Thorn from crown of Christ, Saint Chapel in Paris and itsd influence in Bohemia

Publication at Catholic Theological Faculty |
2007

Abstract

The Thorns of Christ Crown were given by the French kings as gifts to a series of distinguished Church institutions and personalities, particularly sovereigns. A few of them were given into the Bohemian Lands.

Simultaneously with this rare relic the influence of French art was spreading into the Bohemian Lands.