This present study was suggested by the project Veronica Route, whose aim is to build an online catalogue of the artistic and literary works concerning the Roman “Veronica”, i.e. the medieval relic preserved in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
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From Copies to an Original: The Contribution of Statistical Methods
by Amanda Murphy, Felicita Mornata, Raffaella Zardoni. Despite the almost infinite number of existing copies, the exact appearance of the medieval veronica– the sudarium kept in Rome imprinted with the face of Christ – is not known. This paper illustrates an attempt to find the ‘true icon’, creating a sort of identikit by means of the statistical processing of 4500 works, with analysis of the concentration of the copies and their characteristics, together with multivariate analysis tools.
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by Emanuela Bossi – The Holy Face in XX century literature: Huxley, Beckett, Kerouac. Nuova Secondaria, n.9 – Maggio 2015, p.89.
Read MoreIl volto della misericordia nella letteratura di lingua inglese del XX secolo
Emanuela Bossi – A un attento esame della letteratura di lingua inglese del ‘900, sorprende che numerosi autori, molti dei quali trasgressivi, se non dichiaratamente atei o agnostici, non possano fare a meno di cimentarsi con la figura di Cristo come Dio fatto uomo, che lascia nella realtà tracce concrete di Sé attraverso le proprie immagini «acheropite», prodotte non da un artista ma offerte in qualche modo da Lui stesso.
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The Veil of Veronica: From Concealment to Revelation
by Mary-Catharine Carroll* Department of Theology, Saint Paul University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The Veil of Veronica (called the Veronica) belongs to the tradition of miraculous images on cloth that claim to be made from the imprint of Christ’s face. Called Volto santo, or Holy Face, they include the Holy Face of Manoppello, the Holy Face…
Read MoreThe Face of the Other: The Veronica and the Spread of its Cult in Europe
Abstract Issues surrounding the cult of the Veronica, the cloth imprinted with the face of Christ, have been the object of numerous works of research. Reflecting on recent findings (please see the Convivium Supplement 2018, edited by A. Murphy, H.L. Kessler, M. Petoletti, E. Duffy and G. Milanese ), and undertaking new research paths,…
Read MoreThe Cura Sanitatis Tiberii according to Ernst von Dobschütz
Zbigniew Izydorczyk (University of Winnipeg) Abstract The Cura sanitatis Tiberii is generally assumed to be the earliest textual witness to the legend of Veronica’s image of Christ. This work, attested in manuscripts since the eighth century (the Lucca codex), was critically edited by Ernst von Dobschütz in 1899 as part of his Christusbilder. Dobschütz based…
Read MoreThe Roman Hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia and the symbolic Communication of the Veronica
Gisela Drossbach (Augsburg) Abstract In my paper I will focus on the following aspects: The genesis of the hospital and the Order of the Holy Ghost in the context of the papal letter of Innocent III concerning the Veronica (1208), as well as , the image of the Veronica in the “Liber Regulae”, the splendid…
Read MoreThe Mass Proper of the Holy Face and of Saint Veronica in Medieval Liturgical Sources before the Tridentine Reform
Uwe Michael Lang (London) Abstract The liturgical veneration the Roman Veronica is first attested in a manuscript of the Capitular Archives of St Peter’s in the Vatican, which contains material dating from the 13th to the 15th century and includes a set of Mass orations with a “Collecta ad faciem Christi”. In the later Middle…
Read MoreFace to face with Christ in Late Medieval Rome. The Veil of Veronica in Papal Liturgy and Ceremony
Jörg Bölling (Hildesheim) Abstract The Veil of Veronica (“sudarium”) was one of the main relics preserved at the grave of Saint Peter, “prince of the apostles”. Whereas the other most important contact relics, pieces of the Holy Cross and the Holy Lance of Longinus, had no image of their own, the Veil in the belief…
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