These basic materials, familiar to sight and touch,
Prove suited to expressing elements of the faith.
There in the wood sculpture from the 13th century
A translation of scripture from John 19: 38-42.
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- “Descent From the Cross,” a Benedictine artifact in the Museo Diocesano
Or here in the Romanesque Church of St. Euphemia
Each pillar between a column is a salvaged antiquity.
All the more impressive, the tall stone church itself:
