File:Abgarwithimageofedessa10thcentury.jpg

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Encaustic icon. The upper part of the left wing of the triptych with the lost mullion. "Abgar receives a Miraculous Image from the Apostle Thaddeus."

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Artist
Anonymous (Category:Artists)Unknown author.
Description
English: An encaustic painting entitled Abgar [of Edessa] receiving the Mandylion from Thaddeus.
Русский: Энкаустическая икона. Верхняя часть левой створки триптиха с утраченным средником. «Авгарь получает Нерукотворный Образ от апостола Фаддея».
Date after 944.
Source/Photographer Saint Catherine's Monastery, Saint Catherine, Egypt.

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current05:21, 27 August 2007Thumbnail for version as of 05:21, 27 August 2007321 × 411 (46 KB)Jeeny~commonswiki (talk | contribs)larger size, for detail
12:57, 19 November 2005Thumbnail for version as of 12:57, 19 November 2005124 × 180 (12 KB)CarlosHoyos~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Photo of 10th century image. Most icons of the Image of Edessa show a square cloth containing only the face of Jesus, while this 10th century image shows an oblong cloth. Some have suggested that the artist may have seen the [[Shroud of Turin

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