. The Open court. ON A GARMENT. Preserved in the Court Library of Munich. See Delaborde (La Gravure, p. 47, plate X) who dates it in 1406. least disturb the author of the story who goes on to say that twokinsmen of the emperor, Vespasian and Titus, were thereupon sentto Jerusalem to bring the matron Veronica, the owner of the gar-ment, into the presence of the imperial patient. Otherwise the story A BUDDHIST VERONICA. 657 is about the same as other Veronica legends; however it is note-worthy that in this version only Veronica and Tiberius were able tosee the portrait. We here reproduce a pictu
. The Open court. ON A GARMENT. Preserved in the Court Library of Munich. See Delaborde (La Gravure, p. 47, plate X) who dates it in 1406. least disturb the author of the story who goes on to say that twokinsmen of the emperor, Vespasian and Titus, were thereupon sentto Jerusalem to bring the matron Veronica, the owner of the gar-ment, into the presence of the imperial patient. Otherwise the story A BUDDHIST VERONICA. 657 is about the same as other Veronica legends; however it is note-worthy that in this version only Veronica and Tiberius were able tosee the portrait. We here reproduce a picture of an old print whichis dated 1460 and is preserved in the Court Library of Munich. We see that the healing power of Christs picture is alwaysinsisted on with great emphasis, and we find the same idea in aBuddhist parallel which is remarkable on account of some similari-ties in details. During the second German expedition to Turfan, Prof. AlbertGriinwedel discovered in the caves of Qyzyl near Kutcha four fres-. Copper engraving by Daniel Hoppfer, 1514. The angels who supportthe sudarium hold in their other hands the cross and the pillar offlagellation. See Bartsch, VIII, p. 476, No. 16 . coes representing the miraculous recovery of the sick king Ajata-satru at the mere sight of a picture illustrating the life of Buddhist legend tells us that after the evil days of his youngeryears the king had become converted to the Buddhist faith and wasa most devout worshiper of the Buddha. According to a Tibetanlegend it happened that when the Buddha passed into paranirvana,into that final state of bliss where nothing bodily remains—whichmeans, as we would say of other mortals, when he died—King Ajata-satru happened to be critically ill. Maha-Kasyapa, one of the greatdisciples of Buddha, knew of his masters demise on account of the 658 THE OPEN COURT. earthquake which always takes place when a Buddha makes hisfinal entry into Nirvana, but he did not dare to break the sad n
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