Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by function]
8. certificates
9. certificates of authenticity

Anotations

Scope note:

Certificates verifying the authenticity of a relic, which is a part of a body or an item that was in contact with a holy person or deity. In Roman Catholic tradition, the certificate for the relic of a saint will attest to the relic's being what it is claimed to be, so far as is known or believed by the signees; it will include the status of the relic as first, second, or third class, defined by the immediacy of association with the saint.