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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4852885
Area
Stamps
Title
Way of the Cross stations
Face value
6
Country / area
Year
1966
Month
09
Day
14
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
6
Basic colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Veronica geeft Jezus een zweetdoek.
Michel number
613
Yvert number
Scott number
531 E
Stanley Gibbons number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
27 x 46 mm
Details
Way of the Cross station 6: Veronica hands the handkerchief. Bible OT, Isaiah chap. 8, verses 2–3; In the apocryphal script 'acta pilati' (6th centuryCh.), (also: Nicodemus Evangelium), the blood-ridden woman from Mk 5.25 is called Berenike (Latin Veronica = true image). Jesus himself is said to have sent it to Berenike to Edessa. It cured the seriously ill emperor Tiberius from leprosy.
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Kreuzweg-Station 6:
Veronica reicht das Schweißtuch.
Bibel AT, Jesaja Kap 8, Verse 2–3;
In der Apokryphen Schrift 'acta pilati' (6.Jhdt .Ch.),
(auch: Nikodemus Evangelium),
wird die blutflüssige Frau aus Mk 5,25 Berenike (lat.Veronica = wahres Bild) genannt. Jesus selbst soll es der Berenike nach Edessa geschickt haben. Es heilte den schwer erkrankten Kaiser Tiberius vom Aussatz.