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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > Christ > Christ as adult > 'portraits' of Christ > 'Mandylion', i.e. portrait, perhaps made for King Abgar of Edessa by Christ himself, by pressing his face against a cloth > Christ gives the Mandylion to the messenger of King Abgar

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11D3111Christ gives the Mandylion to the messenger of King Abgar  

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Subject

  • Abgar (King)
  • adult
  • beard
  • beardless
  • Christ
  • Christian religion
  • image
  • king
  • Mandylion
  • messenger
  • portrait
  • religion
  • self-portrait
  • supernatural
  • veil

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  • 11D3111

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