Robinson J. (ed.) Matter of Faith: An Interdisciplinary Study of Relics and Relic Veneration in the Medieval Period

The British Museum, 2014. — 206 p.A landmark publication exploring the relationship between sacred matter and precious materials in the Middle Ages.This book is the outcome of the conference ‘Matter of Faith’, held to accompany the British Museum’s exhibition Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, which brought together over thirty international experts in this field to present new research around the themes of medieval reliquaries and relic veneration. The result is an interdisciplinary study of a thought provoking and controversial topic featuring some of the period’s most beautiful and iconic objects.This title will prove to be a valuable research tool for historians, art historians and conservators as well as anyone with a general interest in this fascinating subject.