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Galileo Galilei's right middle finger is a preserved anatomical relic displayed in a glass reliquary at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy. It was removed in 1737, when Galileo's remains were transferred to a monumental tomb in the Basilica of Santa Croce. The object illustrates the secular venera...
Galileo's middle finger is a preserved human relic housed in the Museo Galileo (formerly the Institute and Museum of the History of Science) in Florence, Italy. The finger was removed from Galileo Galilei's remains when his body was transferred to a monumental tomb in the Basilica of Santa Croce in...
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Memorable scientific celebrity relic with strong museum appeal and documented exhumation history, although macabre novelty exceeds intrinsic scholarly importance.
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