Veronicas 

At the end of the fifteenth century, Bishop Luis Osorio (1483–1496) had fifty thousand prints made on parchment with the image of the Holy Face, the so-called Veronicas.

Others were also produced on canvas, glass, copper or leather. They were often encrusted with jewels, put into silver or wooden frames, and even embellished with silver filigree.

Through contact with the original, the Veronicas gained its properties, and again through touch, passed throse properties to the people who possessed them. The direct memory of Christ became evident. Devotees would also have been reminded of the Jaén relic when they saw the painting or print hanging on the walls of their homes or on their clothes in the form of jewellery.

Jaén workshop, Veronica, c. 1731. Jaén, Cathedral of the Assumption. Photo: © Catedral de Jaén.