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To: Quix
Can we say FOR CERTAIN how such a head cloth might have been used vis a vis the long shroud type cloth?

Not for certain... but the Jewish burial custom was to place a cloth binding under the jaw, behind the ears and up, tied over the crown of the head, to keep the mouth closed in death. The Sudarium(sweat cloth) of Oviedo (named for the Cathedral it's kept in since the sixth Century AD on Oviedo Spain), shows signs of having first covered the head of a man who was crucified, then used to cover his face while being carried in a face down position with a hand over his face (bloody hand print), and then being rolled diagonally like a kerchief into a rope like form that would be long enough to tie around a head to do service in just such a manner "about the head" as described in the Gospel.

124 posted on 12/17/2009 3:07:31 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Swordmaker

Thanks.

That would still be consistent with the shroud and it’s image, it seems to me.


127 posted on 12/17/2009 7:29:18 AM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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