. The Open court. ST. VERONICA WITH THE German colored woodcut preserved in the Hutbibliothek. Thispicture was pubHshed in Konigshofens Cronik von alien Konigennnd Kaisern, printed by Bemmler, Augsburg, 1476. Cf. Karl Pear-sons Die Fronica, p. 109, where it is stated that in the copy ofKonigshofens Cronik in the British Museum this cut is missing. 656 THE OPEN COURT. It relates that Tiberius suffered from leprosy and no physiciancould cure him until a certain Jew of Venice by the name of Nathaninformed him of a miracle-working garment of Christ. That thecity of Venice did not yet ex
. The Open court. ST. VERONICA WITH THE German colored woodcut preserved in the Hutbibliothek. Thispicture was pubHshed in Konigshofens Cronik von alien Konigennnd Kaisern, printed by Bemmler, Augsburg, 1476. Cf. Karl Pear-sons Die Fronica, p. 109, where it is stated that in the copy ofKonigshofens Cronik in the British Museum this cut is missing. 656 THE OPEN COURT. It relates that Tiberius suffered from leprosy and no physiciancould cure him until a certain Jew of Venice by the name of Nathaninformed him of a miracle-working garment of Christ. That thecity of Venice did not yet exist in the days of Christ does not in the. THE VERONICA 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 Kutch
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