The Image of Edessa

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-17174-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

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. It was taken from Edessa to Constantinople in the mid-tenth century and all traces of the icon are lost after the sack of Constaninople in 1204. The Image has never had its own biography containing all the known texts and information about this fascinating object. This book provides critical editions with previously unpublished versions of all related texts, translations of all texts into English and a detailed analysis of the origins, known history, possible fate and exact nature of the Image of Edessa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guscin, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Historisch-Kritische Jesusforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part One The Texts and Translations
1. The Narratio de imagine Edessana
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

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

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Guscin, BA Hons Degree (1st Class) in Latin from University of Manchester (1984), is currently Manager of International Relations for the City Council of La Coruña (Spain). He has published several books on medieval history and on the Napoleonic Wars, including The History of the Sudarium of Oviedo (2004), The Burial Cloths of Christ (2000) and (in Spanish) Moore 1763 - 1809 (2001).