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Preferred term

Mandylion  

Entry terms

  • ABGAR IMAGE (MANDYLION)
  • EDESSA IMAGE (MANDYLION)
  • HOLY FACE (MANDYLION)
  • MANDEYLION
  • SUDARIUM (MANDYLION)
  • VERONICA (MANDYLION)

Note

  • Specific date: 13th c.
  • Specific location: Roma (ITA), Vaticano, S. Pietro
  • Specific medium: Byzantine relic
  • Specific note: Image of Christ's face impressed on a cloth (Armenian legend) or painted by one Hannan (Syrian legend), and sent to King Abgar of Edessa.

Scope note

  • A Byzantine relic. There is only one. (Use Veronica's Veil for all others.) Called the Sudarium or Veronica in Rome, but the latter actually is another image; see also Veronica's Veil; Volto Santo.

Notation

  • 269296
  • 269297

In other languages

  • French

  • MANDEYLION
  • SUDARIUM (MANDYLION)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/HTR-NXB5DXV2-D

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