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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
and they name Caffaro the historian as their authority and eyewitness , who proceeded to Palestine under Godfried as a young man about twenty , and returned to his native toAvn in 1101 , ivhere he afterwards fulfilled some very important civil offices . If by Caffaro ' s history be meant that contained from page 252 of the sixth volume of Muratori ' s great collection of Italian
historians , I can safely aver , that though he fully describes the siege and sack of Cresarea , the Sacro Catino is not even mentioned . Another account gives the year 1107 , and the famous Genoese hero Guglielmo Embriaco . We lament , therefore , not having been able to refer to the original account by the learned Theatin Fra Gaetano de Santa Theresa , in a ponderous quarto
( 1 ' 727 ) , under the following title : "II Catino di Smeraldo , orientale gemma consecrata da N . S . Jesu Christo nell' ultima Cena degli Azimi , e custodita dalla serenissima Republica de Genova come glorioso Trofeo Iportato nella Conquista di Terra Santa 1 ' amio MCI . " Even the " Guida" of 1766 , by Ratti , miht have throAvn some liht upon the matter ; but neither are
g g to be found in our national library . That , hoAvever , the ancient territory of the Ligures must have met some special grace Avith the holy Arimathean Joseph and his fellow Nicodemus , from heaA'en ( possibly to condensate its bad odour on
earthassuetum mali Ligurem ) , we might almost be induced to suppose from their favouring it Avith both the great relics they are connected with in sacred history : this Catino at Genoa , and at Turin "the clean linen cloth" ( Matt , xxvii . 39 ) , in ' Avhich the dead body of the Saviour Avas Avrapped previously to being laid in the neAV sepulchre , and Avhich is now sliOAvn in that city with
great devotion , saturated in many places Avith the precious blood . Commensurate with the dignity of the Sacro Catino as a relic , Avas the veneration and jealousy with which it Avas guarded by the Genoese . It was deposited in the cathedral in a separate sacristyin whichin a niche in the wall adjoining the naveit
, , , was kept , secured by several locks , the keys of Avhich Avere in the custody of separate nobili , hence called Clavigeri , individually sworn never to let them pass out of their possession . On the three great festivals of the year it was ( is ?) exhibited by a prelate of high rank , for the edification of the faithful , surrounded and guarded by these Clavigeri . At other times it
Avas extremely difficult to obtain a sight of it , and the special permission of the archbishop was requisite for each inspection ; though now , Avhen the regular fee of about five shillings is fixed for each visit , an examination may be less difficult . It Avas , however , at all times prohibited for any stranger to touch
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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
and they name Caffaro the historian as their authority and eyewitness , who proceeded to Palestine under Godfried as a young man about twenty , and returned to his native toAvn in 1101 , ivhere he afterwards fulfilled some very important civil offices . If by Caffaro ' s history be meant that contained from page 252 of the sixth volume of Muratori ' s great collection of Italian
historians , I can safely aver , that though he fully describes the siege and sack of Cresarea , the Sacro Catino is not even mentioned . Another account gives the year 1107 , and the famous Genoese hero Guglielmo Embriaco . We lament , therefore , not having been able to refer to the original account by the learned Theatin Fra Gaetano de Santa Theresa , in a ponderous quarto
( 1 ' 727 ) , under the following title : "II Catino di Smeraldo , orientale gemma consecrata da N . S . Jesu Christo nell' ultima Cena degli Azimi , e custodita dalla serenissima Republica de Genova come glorioso Trofeo Iportato nella Conquista di Terra Santa 1 ' amio MCI . " Even the " Guida" of 1766 , by Ratti , miht have throAvn some liht upon the matter ; but neither are
g g to be found in our national library . That , hoAvever , the ancient territory of the Ligures must have met some special grace Avith the holy Arimathean Joseph and his fellow Nicodemus , from heaA'en ( possibly to condensate its bad odour on
earthassuetum mali Ligurem ) , we might almost be induced to suppose from their favouring it Avith both the great relics they are connected with in sacred history : this Catino at Genoa , and at Turin "the clean linen cloth" ( Matt , xxvii . 39 ) , in ' Avhich the dead body of the Saviour Avas Avrapped previously to being laid in the neAV sepulchre , and Avhich is now sliOAvn in that city with
great devotion , saturated in many places Avith the precious blood . Commensurate with the dignity of the Sacro Catino as a relic , Avas the veneration and jealousy with which it Avas guarded by the Genoese . It was deposited in the cathedral in a separate sacristyin whichin a niche in the wall adjoining the naveit
, , , was kept , secured by several locks , the keys of Avhich Avere in the custody of separate nobili , hence called Clavigeri , individually sworn never to let them pass out of their possession . On the three great festivals of the year it was ( is ?) exhibited by a prelate of high rank , for the edification of the faithful , surrounded and guarded by these Clavigeri . At other times it
Avas extremely difficult to obtain a sight of it , and the special permission of the archbishop was requisite for each inspection ; though now , Avhen the regular fee of about five shillings is fixed for each visit , an examination may be less difficult . It Avas , however , at all times prohibited for any stranger to touch