Images of Christ: Of shrouds, handkerchiefs and emeralds…

Rowena Loverance discusses a moving depiction of Christ

A close-up of the Amaryld Vernicle. | Photo: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.

In her 2017 Reith Lectures historical novelist Hilary Mantel coined a memorable definition. ‘History,’ she said, ‘is what is left in the sieve after the centuries have poured through it.’ I thought of this as I mused on this month’s artwork, which is definitely the oddest of the twelve.

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