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To: Desdemona
And to fake the inscription would be a hoax. Keep reading the thread. Antiquities script experts and all of us Freeper Catholics believe the inscription was faked.
221 posted on 11/01/2002 2:34:52 PM PST by Delbert
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To: Delbert
Antiquities script experts and all of us Freeper Catholics believe the inscription was faked.

Actually, common sense and a fair amount of experience around archival and rare artifacts as well as antiques tells me it's probably faked. The box itself is supposed to be from the period, it's the second part of the inscription that's in question. Market value of any object increases by attributing it to a famous person. That's what I think happened. It happens in the antique world all the time. Faith didn't come into conclusion at all.
224 posted on 11/01/2002 2:39:13 PM PST by Desdemona
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