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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 872637, member: 19065&quot;]<b>Claude Mellan - The Sudarium, 1649</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Something that may be of interest and technical amazement to readers of this thread is a very famous hand engraved portrait by the French engraver <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Mellan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Mellan" rel="nofollow">Claude Mellan</a>, <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/c/claude_mellan,_the_sudarium,_o.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/c/claude_mellan,_the_sudarium,_o.aspx" rel="nofollow">The Sudarium</a> (or the Veil of St. Veronica), 1649. </p><p><br /></p><p>This engraved image is &#039;created from a single spiraling line that starts at the tip of Jesus&#039;s&nbsp; nose.&#039; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22574/22574-h/images/illo019.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22574/22574-h/images/illo019.jpg" rel="nofollow">This image file</a> on <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22574/22574-h/22574-h.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22574/22574-h/22574-h.htm" rel="nofollow">Gutenberg.com</a> has perhaps the best resolution for viewing the engraving online.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.britishmuseum.org/images/ps341908_l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><font size="1">© The British Museum.org</font></b></p><p><b><font size="1"><br /></font></b></p><p><b></b>&nbsp; <font size="2"><u><b>Image dimensions:</b></u></font></p><p><font size="2">Height: 428.000 mm</font></p><p><font size="2">Width: 315.000 mm</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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