If all were genuine, our Lord’s torment could not have been on a couple of planks nailed together, but on an entire forest.” “Master!” I said, shocked. “So it is, Adso. And there are even richer treasuries. Some time ago, in a German cathedral, I saw the skull of John the Baptist at the age of twelve.” “Really?” I exclaimed, amazed. Then, seized by doubt, I added, “But the Baptist was executed at a more advanced age!”
