Introduction . . 1
"A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" (Isa. 53:3): The Biblical Text and Its Afterlife in Christian Tradition . . 7
Defining Terms: Ecce Homo, Christ of Pity, Christ Mocked, and the Man of Sorrows . . 19 
The Rise and Early Development of the Man of Sorrows in Central and Northern Europe . . 48
The Man of Sorrows in Northern Europe: Ritual Metaphor and Therapeutic Exchange . . 77 
From Book to Song: Texts Accompanying the Man of Sorrows in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries . . 117
The Man of Sorrows from Byzantium to Venetian Crete: borne uoservations on Iconography and Function . . 147
Six Panels by Michele Giambono, "pictor Sancti Marci" . . 191
From Column to Chalice: Passion Imagery in Venetian Mariegole ca. 1320—1550 . . 219
Veronese's Visioning of the Man of Sorrows . . 257
Images of Christ for Venetian Piety and Devotions in the Light of the Council of Trent . . 295

Notes on Contributors . . 331
Index . . 333