Master of James IV of Scotland, St. Veronica and the Sudarium
Circa 1510-20
Tempera colors, gold, ink on parchment
The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
The page on the left illustrates the miracle of Veronica's veil. When she wiped the sweat from Jesus' face with her veil, the veil became imprinted with an image of his face. The artist has set the scene just outside a portcullised gate of the city. The Virgin Mary, in blue, stands behind Veronica with St. John the Evangelist, and behind them are two of the women who followed Jesus. The banderole reads Oratio devotissima veronice domini nostri ihesu xpristi que sequitur, "The most devout prayer of Veronica of our lord Jesus Christ, which follows."
On the right there follow the first two lines of the prayer in question: Ave sancta facies nostri redemptoris in qua nitet species divini [splendoris], "Hail holy face of our Redeemer, in which shines the beauty of the divine [splendor]." The prayer was commissioned by Innocent III for a procession in honor of the veil.1
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Photographed at the museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.