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Author Guscin, Mark.

Title The image of Edessa / by Mark Guscin.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 226 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Art language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The medieval Mediterranean, 0928-5520 ; v. 82
Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 82.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.
Contents Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One The Texts and Translations; 1. The Narratio de imagine Edessena; 2. The Sermon of Gregory Referendarius; 3. The Synaxarion; 4. The Synaxarion according to Iveron 797; 5. The Abgar letters recorded separately in Mount Athos manuscripts; 6. The Menaion; Plates 1-15; Part Two The Image of Edessa; 1. The Abgar Legend; 2. The Origins of the Image; 3. Edessa and Constantinople; 4. The Fourth Crusade; 5. The Image of Edessa in art; 6. What was the Image of Edessa?; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Summary The icon known as the Image of Edessa (and later the Mandylion) is attributed to the times of Christ, although its existence before the sixth century is a matter for debate. This book provides critical editions with versions of related texts, and an analysis of the origins, known history, possible fate and exact nature of the Image of Edessa.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language Includes parallel text in Ancient Greek and English.
Subject Holy Face of Edessa -- Sources.
Holy Face of Edessa.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Jesus Christ -- Art.
Jesus Christ -- Art.
Jesus Christ.
Holy Face of Edessa -- Sources.
Holy Face of Edessa.
Jesus -- i konsten.
Indexed Term Holy Face of Edessa Sources
Jesus Christ Art
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Art.
Art.
Other Form: Print version: Guscin, Mark. Image of Edessa. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004171749 (DLC) 2008046848 (OCoLC)265738981
ISBN 9789047425069 (electronic book)
9047425065 (electronic book)
9789004171749 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004171746 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004171749.i-242