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title: "Saviour Not-Made-by-Hands (Mandylion) — iconographic type"
description: "The face of Christ on a cloth — a witness to the reality of the Incarnation and a foundation of the veneration of icons."
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/icons/type-mandylion"
language: "en"
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Iconographic type

# Saviour Not-Made-by-Hands (Mandylion) — iconographic type

## Examples of this type

- [![Icon of the Holy Face: the face of Christ with a cross-inscribed halo on a light background.](https://spas.life/_astro/holy-face-novgorod.MMLJj2To_Z1Ut81X.webp) Christ Acheiropoietos — The Holy Face Second half of the 12th century](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/icons/holy-face-novgorod)

Dating

The tradition of the Edessa image dates from the 6th century; translated to Constantinople in 944

Origin

Edessa; Constantinople

Author / school

Unknown

## About the icon

The face of Christ on a cloth — a witness to the reality of the Incarnation and a foundation of the veneration of icons.

An icon is an image for prayer. The description explains theological meaning and prayer tradition; it does not promise an outcome.