tradition, the Image of Edessa was a holy relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of Jesus Christ had...
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Edessa (/əˈdɛsə/; Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey...
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Acheiropoieta (redirect from Image not made by hands)
known as the Image of Edessa, and the Hodegetria, and several Russian icons, and in the West the Shroud of Turin, Veil of Veronica, Our Lady of Guadalupe...
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Relics associated with Jesus (redirect from Alleged relics of Jesus Christ)
man. The Image of Edessa is also known as the Mandylion. Two images are claimed to be the Mandylion: the Holy Face of Genoa at the Church of St. Bartholomew...
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and Roman Catholicism. The Shroud of Turin is now the best-known example, though the Image of Edessa and the Veil of Veronica were better known in medieval...
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Jude the Apostle (redirect from Jude of James)
Jude holding an image of Jesus, known as the Image of Edessa. In some instances, he may be shown with a scroll or a book (the Epistle of Jude) or holding...
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1534 (Gerard of St. Quentin de l'Isle, Paris) and year 1740. See Grove Dictionary of Art, Steven Runciman, Some Remarks on the Image of Edessa, Cambridge...
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Osroene (redirect from King of Edessa)
Kingdom of Osroene, also known as the "Kingdom of Edessa" (Classical Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ / "Kingdom of Urhay"), according to the name of its capital...
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the Shroud of Turin with the legendary Image of Edessa although no legend connected with that image suggests that it contained the image of a beaten and...
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one of the first and long the most famous examples. This was later credited with the failure of the Persian siege of Edessa in 544. But the image is not...
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portable early acheiropoieta are the Image of Camuliana and the Mandylion or Image of Edessa, both painted icons of Christ held in the Byzantine Empire...
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differences in the historical descriptions of the Image of Edessa compared to the shroud. The Image of Edessa has according to her its origin in the resistance...
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Ian Wilson (author) (category Researchers of the Shroud of Turin)
Penguin author bio. Freeman, Charles. (2012). "The Shroud of Turin and the Image of Edessa: A Misguided Journey" Archived 9 September 2012 at the Wayback...
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period, e.g. the image of Edessa. The Veil of Veronica was accompanied by a narrative about the Passion of Jesus. A number of descriptions of Jesus have been...
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recounts the legend of the Image of Edessa as well as the legendary works of Addai and his disciple Mari in Mesopotamia. The story of how King Abgar and...
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typically dated after the public appearance of the Image of Edessa in 544, and considers the iconoclasm controversy of the eighth century as the most probably...
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Addai of Edessa (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ, Mar Addai or Mor Aday sometimes Latinized Addeus) or Thaddeus of Edessa was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus....
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Saint Veronica (category Stations of the Cross)
to Abgar is related to a similar legend in the Eastern Church, the Image of Edessa or Mandylion. The Encyclopædia Britannica says this about the legend:...
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no image, unlike the markings on the Shroud of Turin. The face cloth is mentioned as having been present in the empty tomb in John 20:6–7. Outside of the...
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Holy Grail (redirect from The Quest of the Holy Grail)
"Grail" originally referred to the Image of Edessa. Goulven Peron (2016) suggested that the Holy Grail may reflect the horn of the river-god Achelous, as described...
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Holy Lance (redirect from Spear of Destiny)
Holy Sponge – Instrument of the Passion of Jesus Christ Image of Edessa – A painting of Jesus Christ's face Seamless robe of Jesus – Robe said to have...
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Abgar VIII (redirect from Abgar VIII of Osroene)
Abgar VIII of Edessa, also known as Abgar the Great or Abgar bar Ma'nu, was an Arab king of Osroene from 177 CE to 212 CE. Abgar the Great was most remembered...
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Abgar V (redirect from Abgar of Edessa)
Syriac and other dialects of Aramaic), was the King of Osroene with his capital at Edessa. Abgar was described as "king of the Arabs" by the Roman historian...
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Cambridge University Press. Guscin, Mark (2016). The Tradition of the Image of Edessa. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Mazzola, Marianna...
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Son of God continues to be crucified". Belief in the existence of authentic images of Christ is connected with the old legend of Abgar of Edessa regarding...
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Madonna of Częstochowa Image of Camuliana Image of Edessa Relics associated with Jesus Shroud of Turin Sudarium of Oviedo "Seeing Salvation". Images of Christ...
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The siege of Edessa (then known as Justinopolis) occurred in 544 AD during an invasion of the Byzantine Empire ruled by Justinian I by the Sasanian Empire...
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Ancha icon (redirect from Icon of Ancha)
"holy tile" imprinted with the face of Jesus Christ miraculously transferred by contact with the Image of Edessa (Mandylion). Dated to the 6th-7th century...
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With the recovery of Edessa, the Greeks also obtain the fabled Image of Edessa. August 15 – The "Holy Mandylion" (a cloth with the face of Jesus) is conveyed...
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VP8 Image Analyzer is an analog computer produced by Pete Schumacher of Interpretations Systems Incorporated (ISI) in 1972. It has been used to image the...
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