Posted on 11/29/2007 6:24:40 AM PST by NYer
A macabre 17th century book about the execution of Gunpowder Plot conspirator Father Henry Garnet believed to be bound in the priest's own skin will go under the hammer this Sunday. Perhaps most spooky of all, some claim to see an image of the priest's tortured face peering out of the anthropodermic binding of 'A True and Perfect Relation of the Whole Proceedings against the Late Most Barbarous Traitors, Garnet a Jesuit and his Confederats'.
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It is anyone's guess how much the book, which was made in London in 1606 by Robert Barker, the king's printer, just months after Garnet's execution, will fetch when it goes under the hammer at Wilkinson's Auctioneers in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Sid Wilkinson, the auctioneer, said: "Because the subject matter is so strange, we thought putting an estimate on it might be a bit vulgar.
"It could make £1,000, it could make hundreds, we just don't know."
He said the book is so rare Wilkinson's had never auctioned one before, but added that making books out of convicts' skin was not an entirely unusual practice.
Garnet's involvement in the plot by Catholics to kill King James I and most of the Protestant aristocracy by blowing up the Houses of Parliament has long been debated. The priest claimed that, although he was not involved in the plot, he heard details of the plot during confessions, which bound him to confidentiality.
Despite his admonitions, the plotters went ahead.
Despite his lack of active involvement, Garnet was found guilty of treason and executed in May 1606.
According to legend, a piece of bloodstained straw at the scene of his execution started to develop an exact image of the priest's face, which auctioneers suggest has happened to the book.
Holy Martyrs of England and Wales, pray for us.
Cool.
I’ve Just Seen a Face
by Lennon, McCartney
I’ve just seen a face,
I can’t forget the time or place
That we’d just met, she’s just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we’ve met
Na na na na na na
Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
But I had never been aware
And as it is I dream of her tonight
Na na na na na na
CHORUS:
Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling me back again
I have never known
The likes of this, I’ve been alone
And I have missed things and kept out of sight
But other girls were never quite like this
Na na na na na na
CHORUS
I’ve just seen a face
I can t forget the time or place
And we’d just met, she’s just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we’ve met
Na na na na na na
CHORUS
I hope that someone gives it to the Vatican, a book made of the skin of a priest should not become a cool collectible for satanists and sickos.
So THAT’S what they mean on Amazon dot com when they say “unknown binding”.
I just learned a new word. That's a rare occurrence for me.
“Book’em Dano” takes on new meaning!
You outta see what happened to the other guy! (Though anyone can be redeemed if they choose.) Better a martyr for a moment than a charcoal bricket.
He didn’t need his skin where he was going anyway. He will have a new heavenly body. One that is not corruptable. WOW!
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 “So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable, it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.”
In other words we are like a milk carton with an expiration date, but those of us who follow the Lord get a new “carton” without an expiration date which is glorious!
(Or you can do things the hard way with weeping and gnashing of teeth.)
Diamond sends.
ping to #8
TFTP!
Better a pork rind than a fool. (I can’t believe I beat you to that one.)
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All the Gunpowder plot did was make life for Catholics in England a lot worse than it was.
There ya go.
Did you read the whole article?
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