MutualArt.com: GILTWOOD RELIEF PANEL CARVED WITH THE VEIL OF ST. VERONICA, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY 26 x 12 x 1 1/2 in. (66 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm.) GILTWOOD RELIEF PANEL CARVED WITH THE VEIL OF ST.

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VERONICA, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY 26 x 12 x 1 1/2 in. (66 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm.) GILTWOOD RELIEF PANEL CARVED with a satyr mask above a grotesque issuing scrolls ending in putti masks, above the veil and face of Christ flanked by scrolling ribbon ... In the past two weeks, the veil debate has caught fire and spread east to Italy. Prime Minister Romano Prodi has denounced the niqab, and last Friday, a television talk show exploded when conservative ...

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