Wax Embedding as a Method for Preservation of Body Relics Used by the Orthodox Church
Wax Embedding as a Method for Preservation of Body Relics Used by the Orthodox Church
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蜡包埋是东正教教堂用来保存遗体遗物的一种方法
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2018
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N. Tomov
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N. Tomov
圣人的遗骸是东正教教堂崇拜的重要对象。不管它们是否被认为是廉洁的，实际原因表明它们应该受到保护，免受外部影响，这可能会导致它们的损坏或毁坏。当尸体的小碎片在圣物盒中向信徒展示时尤其如此。东正教教会的做法是将这些碎片放置在纯蜡或含蜡混合物块中。本质上，这构成了浸渍，是脱水和固定之后木乃伊化/塑化过程的最后阶段。在此，我们分析了蜡包埋作为保存的最后一步的做法，这种做法自古以来就广为人知，并且由于其功效而基本上保持不变。
Body relics of saints are important objects of veneration in the Orthodox Church. Regardless if they are considered incorrupt, practical reasons dictate that they should be protected from external influence, which may lead to their damage or destruction. This is especially true in cases when small fragments from a body are displayed to the faithful in a reliquary. The practice of the Orthodox Church has adopted the placement of such fragments in blocks of pure wax or wax-containing mixture. Per se this constitutes an impregnation, the last stage of a mummification/plastination process, following after dehydration and fixation. Herein we analyze the practice of wax embedding as a final step of preservation, known since antiquity, and remaining principally unchanged due to its efficacy.