Showing posts with label Saint Clare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saint Clare. Show all posts

Saturday, October 6, 2012

St Botolph and a Head in a Glass Casket

The church of St Botolph without Aldgate used to have a curious show piece, a head in a glass casket. The provenience of the head is a great mystery. Different theories as to its history have been proposed, but there are no clues as to whom the head was once attached to. And it is conceivable that the mystery will remain unsolved.