Here is a high resolution of the Mandylion also known as the Image of Edessafrom the Pope’s Private Chapel in the Vatican. This is thought to bethe oldest depiction of Christ’s face and to be the original Image of Edessa,but it might be a slightly younger copy of the original Image of Edessa. It is interesting to note that Tsar Nicholas II of Russia sent copiesof the Mandylion aka Image of Edessa into battle with each and every regimentduring World War I.
