Ms Hidalgo said the
Crown of Thorns had been taken into safekeeping.
Nation weeps for the beautiful Lady of Paris, 'a monument to best of civilisation' Monuments are the emotional backbone of France. That accounts for the despair over a blaze that killed no-one, yet seared the collective soul. It is the power Notre Dame had - still has, despite the charred scars on its Gothic walls. Jocelyn Noveck reports
Revelation of the existence of the real
Crown of Thorns stands to destroy the Christian belief of the revered reliquary that has been held in the Notre Dame Cathedral since 1239.
Two Crowns
The
crown of thorns had belonged to the French kings since King Louis IX bought it in Venice in 1239.
SACRED THORN ON DISPLAY; Holy relic moving
Crown Of Thorns Concern that this horse, who has a history of physical problems, is switching to dirt for first time.
Open affair but long shot not out of it
Occasioned by the Laurenz Foundation's acquisition of a number of works from Barney's series "Drawing Restraint," 1987-, this show marshals religions paintings, woodcuts, and engravings by the unimpeachable greats of the Northern Renaissance, bringing into "dialogue" iconography from the fourteen Stations of the Cross and elements of the (thus far) sixteen parts of "DR." What will Cranach's Head of Christ with
Crown of Thorns, ca.
Matthew Barney: prayer sheet with the wound and the nail
The Nebraska-based Oriental Trading Company knows "how to make the world more fun!" Their child-size
crown of thorns is just the ticket to make sure your Sunday school kids know what suffering is all about.
Child crown of thorns
Dubai: Two of four different species of a coral-killing starfish, called
Crown of Thorns (COT), have been found on the East Coast.
Coral-killing starfish spotted on the east coast
The message said the stripes on candy canes "remind us of Jesus' suffering--his
crown of thorns, the wounds in his hands and feet; and the cross on which he died," while the white part of the candy "stands for Jesus as the holy, sinless Son of Cod."
Court skips Mich. public school candy cane case
Along with bleaching and disease, the alien species known as the
crown of thorns starfish is having a devastating impact on the Great Barrier Reef and other important coral formations.
Reef invader: the crown of thorns starfish
Roman soldiers stripped him and placed a
crown of thorns on his head and he was nailed to a wooden cross.
REAL STORY BEHIND BANK HOLIDAY; AS WE CELEBRATE 'RELIGIOUS' FESTIVAL.
The sculpture, by Ales Vesely, looks like a combination of a skeleton, a giant emaciated crow and a
crown of thorns or barbed wire; it was, the inscription explained, "symbolically placed above the memorial of Jan Palach and Jan Zajic," two students who immolated themselves in 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the destruction of the Prague Spring.
Terror then and now: three glittering European cities illustrate the thin line between normality and chaos
During the provocative passage in her concert, Madonna is shown on a mirrored cross wearing a
crown of thorns. She has explained that it was meant to illustrate a theme of confession.
TV cross with Madonna
The family-run Holy Land Imports, LLC, offers unique headgear for the dedicated Christian: a lovingly handmade
Crown of Thorns just like Jesus wore.
That starry crown
Madonna has sparked a storm of controversy by kicking off her world tour with a mock crucifixion while wearing a
crown of thorns.
Churches cross with stunt in Madonna show