The Crown of Thorns FD25 Industrial Heritage

Industrial Heritage

Beautiful books make unforgettable gifts

rough sleeping

Daily Mail'A gorgeous adventure through the history of cloth' - StylistThe Sunday Times best paperbacks of 2022Bestselling author Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe in a vibrant exploration of cloth through the ages

using willpower or feeling deprived

The Crown of Thorns FD25 Industrial HeritageJesus' Crown of Thorns has become one of the most ubiquitous features of Christian religious art, but was the crown of history anything like the crown of popular medieval art and piety? The image that springs to mind is that of a bloodied, beaten Jesus, wearing a cruelly fashioned, woven crown made of sharp thorns. But this image is deeply misleading, based on a fundamental misunderstanding (and mistranslation) of the Gospels. Faith C. Tibble