The image of Edessa:
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Main Author: Guscin, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
Series:Medieval Mediterranean 82
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Online Access:DE-1046
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DE-188
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Item Description: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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (X, 226 S., [8] Bl.)
ISBN:9789047425069
9047425065
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004171749.i-242

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