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unusual facts about Byssus


Franz Johann Joseph Bock

Die textilen Byssus-Reliquien des christlichen Abendlandes aufbewahrt in den Kirchen zu Köln, Aachen, Cornelimünster, Mainz und Prag, Aachen 1895;


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Clothing in ancient Rome

A rare luxury cloth with a beautiful golden sheen, known as sea silk, was made from the long silky filaments or byssus produced by Pinna nobilis, a large Mediterranean seashell.

Manoppello

It is famous for having a church which contains an image on a thin byssus veil, a sudarium, known as the Holy Face of Manoppello and which has been reputed to be identical to the Veil of Veronica.

Manoppello Image

The cloth has been claimed to be made of a rare fiber called byssus, which is a natural fiber coming from a bivalve mollusc Pinna nobilis, woven into sea silk, and used by ancient people mainly around the Mediterranean coasts .


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