The image of Edessa in the Syriac tradition
- Author
- Drijvers, Han J. W.
- Document type
- Article (acte de congrès)
- Language
English
- Conference title
- The Holy Face and the paradox of representation : papers from a colloquium held at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, and the Villa Spelman, Florence, 1996
- Author (monograph)
- Kessler, Herbert L. (Editor, Collective Author); Wolf, Gerhard (Editor, Collective Author)
- Source
- The Holy Face and the paradox of representation : papers from a colloquium held at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, and the Villa Spelman, Florence, 1996. 1998, 13-31
- Publisher
- Nuova Alfa, Bologna (ita)
- Publication country
- Italy
- Abstract (en)
- Examines early Syriac sources (5th-9th cs.) on the Édessa Christ icon (brought to Constantinople in 944 and henceforth known as the Mandylion), attempting to reconstruct the development of the legend of the miraculous origin and properties of this "portrait" of Christ. Suggests that the legend began its real development in the 7th c. as part of the historical process by which the city of Édessa established a Christian "self-identification" in the face of Muslim domination. The icon constituted a firm link with the mythic past of the city, and thus came to guarantee the local Christian tradition and the very identity of the city.
- Subject (en)
- Subject (fr)
- Origin
DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)
Identifier19990701-00209926
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