Tradition of the image of edessa / Mark Guscin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guscin, Mark.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holy Face of Edessa.

Physical Description:

x, 267 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle Upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2016.

Summary:

The Image of Edessa was an image of Christ, which, according to tradition, was of miraculous origin. It was taken from Edessa to Constantinople in 944, and disappeared from known history in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It generated, however, a vast amount of literature and hundreds of copies in churches all over the Byzantine world. This book is a study of the literature, paintings, icons and other aspects related to the Image of Edessa. It examines how it was used as a tool to express Christ's humanity and for various other purposes, and how some of the related literature became completely decontextualised and used as a magical charm, especially in the West. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Image in History I 7

Chapter 2 The Image in History II 43

Chapter 3 The Epistula Abgari 79

Chapter 4 Saint Alexis and the ymago sanguinea 107

Chapter 5 The Terminology used to describe the Image of Edessa and Alternative Ideas concerning the Nature of the Image 131

Chapter 6 The Tradition of the Image of Edessa and the Abgar Correspondence in the West 165

Chapter 7 General Conclusions 213.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1443885819

9781443885812

OCLC:

935985663

Publisher Number:

99966577708