A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 326
gave it to Veronica saying, This is like me, andwill do great things. About this time the Emperor of Rome wasill of a dreadful disease. Some say it was Vespasian, and othersTiberius ; that he had worms in his head, or a wasps nest in hisnose. It was a fearful sight. Now the emperor hears that a… … 310 LEGENDS AND STORIES cuses tlie Jews of the deed, wliile they in turn, make him responsiblefor it. Then the messenger inquires for the followers of Jesus, andat last Veronica is brought to him. He then desires to see the por-trait. At first she denies having it, but at length acknowledges…
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