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(1899) [MARC] Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Selma Ahlström Trotz
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14 the miracles of antichrist

to let an earthly painter paint her image of elm
exactly like the holy image.

For the false image she procured crown and shoes,
but not of gold ; it was only sheet-iron and gilding.
She ordered gems, she bought rings and necklaces
and bracelets and diamond knots, but they were all
made of brass and glass—and she clothed it as those
in quest of succor, had clothed the right and real one.

When the image was completed, she took a needle
and engrave’d in the crown: " My kingdom is only
of this world." It was as if she feared that she
herself would not be able to distinguish image from
image. And it was as if she wanted to keep her
conscience clear. I have not presumed to make a
false image of Christ, have I ? For behold on his
crown I have written : ’ My kingdom is only of this
world.

After that she threw a wide cloak over her, and
hiding the image under it, went up to Aracoeli;
and she begged that she might be permitted to
make her devotion before the image of Christ.

As she now stood within the sanctuary, and the
candles were lighted, and the iron door opened, and
the image appeared before her, she commenced to
shake and tremble and appeared as though she were
going to faint. The monk who was with her
hurried in to the sacristan after water, and she was left
alone in the chapel. When he returned she had
committed the sacrilege. She had taken the holy
miracle-working image and substituted the false,
powerless one.

The monk did not notice the change. He shut
up the false image behind the double-locked, iron

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