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The Mandylion was according to the legend a piece of cloth upon which the features of Jesus’ face have been miraculously imprinted. It was about the most famous acheiropoietos (mean. "not made by human hands") icon, which was translated to Constantinople from the Syrian town of Edessa (mod. Urfa in Turkey) in 944. The use of the name was generalized in the sources from the 11th century and thereafter, while the legend around the Mandylion had been until then gradually crystallized as well. The relic being kept at Constantinople (probably it was a wooden icon), it is believed that was lost during the sacking that followed the Fall of the city by the Crusaders. |
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