Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 141
rait-painter, or to the legend of theimpression of the face of theSaviour upon the handkerchiefof St. Veronica, which is provedto have originated in the Occi-dent as late as the fourteenthcentury. In fact the opinionwas unsettled during the ear-liest ages of the Church whether the appearance of… … Fig. 58.—Statue of the Good Shepherd,the Museum of the Lateran. The tradition of the uncomeliness of Christ (Justin. Dial, cum Tryph., 85, 88, 100) PORTRAITS OF CHRIST. I05 says distinctly that it was not at all known (penitus ignoramus)how Christ looked. For these reasons it was found desirable to
Art, Medieval
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