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Ecce Homo
also: az Ecce homo, the Ecce Homo picture
Ecce Homo ('Behold the Man') are Pilate's words when he presented the scourged Christ to the crowd (John 19:5); also the standard title for a devotional painting of Christ in his crown of thorns. In 'Ecce Homo', the single furnishing of Rolando's hut on Java is a shot-through, fire-edged Ecce Homo — a desecrated sacred image that mirrors his spiritual ruin.
Reading notes
- Tales (Five Stories) §4 Ecce Homo
Ecce Homo ('Behold the Man') — Pilate's words when he presented the scourged Christ to the crowd (John 19:5); also the standard title for a depiction of Christ in his crown of thorns. In the story, the image is shot-through and fire-edged — a desecrated sacred icon — before which the maddened Rolando collapses.