Masalia ni mabaki ya mwili au ya vitu vya mtu anayeheshimika hasa kwa msingi wa dini.

Masalia ni muhimu hasa katika baadhi ya madhehebu ya dini, kama vile ya Uhindu, Ubuddha na Ukristo.

Katika dini hiyo ya mwisho, heshima kwa masalia ilianza na maiti ya wafiadini, na umuhimu wake ulifikia kilele chake katika Karne za Kati.

Tanbihi

Marejeo

• Relics, by Joan Carroll Cruz, OCDS, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc, 1984. ISBN 0-87973-701-8
• Reliques et sainteté dans l'espace médiéval
• Brown, Peter; Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity; University of Chicago Press; 1982
• Vauchez, Andre; Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages; Cambridge University Press; 1997
• Mayr, Markus; Geld, Macht und Reliquien; Studienverlag, Innsbruck, 2000
• Mayr, Markus (Hg); Von goldenen Gebeinen; Studienverlag, Innsbruck, 2001

Masalia katika fasihi

• The Relic by Eça de Queiroz, Dedalus Ltd, UK 1994. ISBN 0-946626-94-4
• The Translation of Father Torturo by Brendan Connell, Prime Books, 2005. ISBN 0-8095-0043-4

Viungo vya nje

Wikimedia Commons ina media kuhusu:

Masalia

• The First-class Relics of St. Maximilian Kolbe Archived 21 Januari 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
• Relics in the Church of St Charles Borromeo, Wrocław, Poland Archived 21 Mei 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
• World tour of the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux
• Keeping Relics in Perspective Archived 6 Machi 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
• A Place for Relics Archived 13 Mei 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
• Relics and Reliquaries Collection, University of Dayton Special Collections
• Introduction by Earnest Brehaut (from his 1916 translation), pp. ix-xxv Archived 14 Agosti 2014 at the Wayback Machine. to: Medieval Sourcebook, Gregory of Tours (539-594), History of the Franks, Books I–X Archived 14 Agosti 2014 at the Wayback Machine. (on the 6th century meaning of sanctus and virtus)
• railtourismindia.com.buddha^{[dead link]}
• Head, Thomas. "The Cult of the Saints and Their Relics", The On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies (the ORB), College of Staten Island, City University of New York Archived 17 Julai 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
• Smith, Judith M. H., "Portable Christianity:Relics in the Medieval West (c.700–1200)", Raleigh Lecture on History 2010 Archived 3 Machi 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
• Butterfield, Andrew. "What Remains", New Republic, July 28, 2011
• Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe, -joint exhibition of the British Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

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