Here is depicted the face of Christ as it was miraculously transferred to a cloth. In Russian this type has a variety of titles most commonly, "The Image Not-by-Hands-Made." Also the Holy Cloth (SVYATUIY UBRUS) or the Mandylion. Each of the thousands of colored glass tiles carefully arranged to create the image and held within a copper frame. Diameter 10.75 inches (27.5 cm).
Here is depicted the face of Christ as it was miraculously transferred to a cloth. In Russian this type has a variety of titles most commonly, "The Image Not-by-Hands-Made." Also the Holy Cloth (SVYATUIY UBRUS) or the Mandylion. Each of the thousands of colored glass tiles carefully arranged to create the image and held within a copper frame. Diameter 10.75 inches (27.5 cm).
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