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…
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