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The three Biblical gospels that mention the crown of thorns do not say what happened to it after the crucifixion. The oldest known mention of the crown already being venerated as a relic was made by Paulinus of Nola, writing after 409, [8] who refers to the crown as a relic that was adored by the faithful (Epistle Macarius in Migne, Patrologia Latina, LXI, 407).
Articles relating to the crown of thorns and its depictions. It was the crown placed on the head of Jesus during the events leading up to his crucifixion.It was one of the instruments of the Passion, employed by Jesus' captors both to cause him pain and to mock his claim of authority.
The first feast in honour of the Crown of Thorns (Festum susceptionis coronae Domini) was instituted at Paris in 1239, when Louis IX of France brought there the relic of the Crown of Thorns, which was deposited later in the Royal Chapel, erected in 1241–48 to guard this and other relics of the Passion. The feast, observed on 11 August, though ...
royal attire of crown, sceptre, and blue mantle decorated with golden fleur-de-lis, and the other parts of the French regalia; crown of thorns, nails, 'globus cruciger Louis of Toulouse silk gloves and a richly embroidered cape with a jeweled clasp at the neck [b] , boy bishop, often with a discarded crown by his feet; represented vested in ...
The Crown of Immortality, held by the allegorical figure Eterna (Eternity) on the Swedish House of Knights fresco by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. The Crown of Immortality is a literary and religious metaphor traditionally represented in art first as a laurel wreath and later as a symbolic circle of stars (often a crown, tiara, halo or aureola).
In the religious art of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism (among other religions), sacred persons may be depicted with a halo in the form of a circular glow, or flames in Asian art, around the head or around the whole body—this last form is often called a mandorla.
The Crowning with Thorns refers to the Crown of Thorns being placed on the head of Jesus, and is a common subject in art, examples including: The Crowning with Thorns (Titian, Paris) painted in 1542/1543 by Titian; The Crowning with Thorns (Titian, Munich) painted in 1576 by Titian
The soldier to the right, with oak leaves in his hat and a spiked collar, is grasping Christ's shoulder, while the other soldier to the left, dressed in green with a broad-headed hunting crossbow bolt through his headdress, holds the crown of thorns in a mailed hand, about to thrust it onto Christ's head. The position of the crown of thorns ...