In the V&A Museum are gathered together this September, for the first time in five hundred years, both the Raphael Cartoons and the Tapestries woven from their images to hang in the Sistine Chapel.

As I wandered around I was overwhelmed by the power and beauty of these images. To be honest, on previous visits, I had thought the colours of the cartoons insipid. Now here were the vibrant colours and rough texture of the Tapestries gathered together with the superb draughtmanship of the Drawings. The scene of the catching of the fish is magical.

The results of religious belief are in no way proof of the divinity of Christ pictured here talking to his followers. But where is the Raphael of atheism?

Today, I was the more overwhelmed by emotion in front of a medieval crucifix in another room of the gallery.

Although emotional attachment isn’t proof of anything, where is the emotion of atheism?

St Wenceslaus himself may have myths woven around him. Does that negate the fact of his existence?