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Maarten Janssen, 2014-
Author(s) | Anónimo465 |
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Addressee(s) | Anónimo466 |
In English | Private letter from an unidentified female author to an unidentified addressee The author gives detailed information about the marks found on the body of a defendant, a nun that the Inquisition was accusing. The marks belonged to the religious iconography. This letter was found in the Inquisition file of Ana Rodrigues, a professed nun from the Third Order of Saint Francis. She pretended having revelations and she simulated stigmata in her body, later admitting that she had done them herself. In a processual note, there is a detailed description of the location of the signs and figures in Ana Rodrigues's body, which was obtained using a wax mould. The first mould revealed the name of Jesus; the second one a Christ in the cross and the third one a beautiful cross. |
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