Josie Ford
Holy nitpicking
Nitpicking often draws criticism, but Gérard Lucotte, Areki Izri and Thierry Thomasset didn’t let that deter them from publishing their sixth article in a series of keen looks at some old hairs. It is called .
Lest there be confusion, let’s be specific about the hairs. The study says they come from “a large lock” of Mary Magdalene’s hair that was “arranged in a dedicated reliquary” in the basilica of the village of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume in southern France. The authors go on to explain that Mary Magdalene is “the most abundantly cited…
