01-23-2014, 02:30 PM
That is very likely-or At least icon was of a square shape and inded carried to battle on a pole being if not in action covered by precious purple fabric.There was however certainly more "Real" mandylions not made by human hand and it was of course used to booster Roman moral prior to and during battle but it does not work always so properly as incident where angry soldiers were throwing stones on that miraculous painting is also recorded :-)
