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The Image of Edessa

The Image of Edessa 318 Book Reviews restraint and with great sensitivity. The result is a pair of stellar contributions to the field. MUSTAFAH DHADA California State University, Bakersfield, USA mdhada@csub.edu 2012, Mustafah Dhada http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2012.722265 MARK GUSCIN, 2009 [The Medieval Mediterranean, People, Economies, and Cultures, 400–1500, vol. 82] Leiden: Brill 226 pp. E99.00/US$147.00 (hardback) ISBN 9789004171749 From the beginning of this volume, it is very clear that the author has approached his subject from a fixed viewpoint – that of the literature and imagery of the Mandylion of Edessa as presented in the archives and, briefly, the paintings of Mount Athos. The entire work is refracted through an Athonite perspective and, if this book had restricted its aim to exploring the story of the mandylion as presented in the MSS of Mount Athos, it could be viewed as successful. Unfortunately, Guscin states in his Introduction (pp.1–4) that he is endeavouring to answer Runciman’s call for a biography of this enigmatic relic and in this he sadly fails on a variety of levels. The first issue is that, for a book ostensibly about an image, very little visual material is included. Further to this, the illustrations that are present are seemingly random and are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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318 Book Reviews restraint and with great sensitivity. The result is a pair of stellar contributions to the field. MUSTAFAH DHADA California State University, Bakersfield, USA mdhada@csub.edu 2012, Mustafah Dhada http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2012.722265 MARK GUSCIN, 2009 [The Medieval Mediterranean, People, Economies, and Cultures, 400–1500, vol. 82] Leiden: Brill 226 pp. E99.00/US$147.00 (hardback) ISBN 9789004171749 From the beginning of this volume, it is very clear that the...
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318 Book Reviews restraint and with great sensitivity. The result is a pair of stellar contributions to the field. MUSTAFAH DHADA California State University, Bakersfield, USA mdhada@csub.edu 2012, Mustafah Dhada http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2012.722265 MARK GUSCIN, 2009 [The Medieval Mediterranean, People, Economies, and Cultures, 400–1500, vol. 82] Leiden: Brill 226 pp. E99.00/US$147.00 (hardback) ISBN 9789004171749 From the beginning of this volume, it is very clear that the author has approached his subject from a fixed viewpoint – that of the literature and imagery of the Mandylion of Edessa as presented in the archives and, briefly, the paintings of Mount Athos. The entire work is refracted through an Athonite perspective and, if this book had restricted its aim to exploring the story of the mandylion as presented in the MSS of Mount Athos, it could be viewed as successful. Unfortunately, Guscin states in his Introduction (pp.1–4) that he is endeavouring to answer Runciman’s call for a biography of this enigmatic relic and in this he sadly fails on a variety of levels. The first issue is that, for a book ostensibly about an image, very little visual material is included. Further to this, the illustrations that are present are seemingly random and are

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