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Behind the Scenes:
Relic Cleaning
Several of the relics on display in this exhibition had to be painstakingly cleaned before being photographed.
In this video, Dr Jan Graffius (Stonyhurst College Collections Curator) talks about how we clean and look after relics.
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Below are some close-up examples showing the relics before and after .
Before and After Cleaning
Bone Fragment of Edmund Arrowsmith:
Before
After
Fabric from the bag which held the remains of Thomas Garnet:
Before
After
Fragment of Thomas More's hair shirt:
Before
After
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