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At the opening of her recent London show, Romanian artist Teodora Axente wore a dress she had stitched herself for the occasion: a sheer chiffon number, with three sleeves. The extra limb wasn’t mere whimsy, but a reference to Saint John of Damascus, who, accused of treachery, had his right hand cut off and then, in answer to his prayers, reinstated.
This eighth-century miracle was first recorded in an Eastern Orthodox icon of Mary, mother of Jesus, featuring a third silver hand. It’s…
