From the Mandylion of Edessa to the Shroud of Turin : : the metamorphosis and manipulation of a legend / / Andrea Nicolotti ; cover illustration, Lluís Borrassà ; photo, Josep Giribet.
According to legend, the Mandylion was an image of Christ’s face imprinted on a towel, kept in Edessa. This acheiopoieton image (“not made by human hands”) disappeared in the eighteenth century. The first records of another acheiropoieton relic appeared in mid-fourteenth century France: a long linen...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Origins and Traditions
- 3 Shifting Perspectives?
- 4 The Translation of the Image of Edessa
- 5 The Mandylion in Constantinople
- 6 An Overview of Iconography
- 7 The End
- Index of Names.