mandylion

Japanese: mandylion
mandylion

…The main one is the Holy Face, which has two versions. One is called the Edessa Mandylion (handkerchief), which is said to have been obtained by the King of Edessa, who passed it on to posterity and further copied it, after Christ had wiped his face with a cloth that bore the image of Christ. The second is said to have been copied when Veronica wiped Christ's face while he was carrying the cross on the hill of Golgotha.

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Japanese:

…その主要なものは〈聖顔〉で,これに2系統がある。その一つはエデッサのマンデュリオンmandylion(手巾)と称するもので,キリストが顔をぬぐった布にキリストの容貌が写ったものをエデッサ王が得て,これを後世に伝え,それがさらに模写されたといわれる。第2は,ゴルゴタの丘で十字架を負うキリストをベロニカがぬぐったときにその顔が布に写されたという。…

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