Facts about the tilma of Guadalupe

From The Catholic Company:

Here are a few interesting facts about the Our Lady of Guadalupe image itself:

• The image is proven to not be painted by human hands.
• The image and fabric have miraculously lasted for 470 years.
• No natural or animal mineral colorings, or paint, are found on it.
• The image itself is iridescent, which cannot be produced by hand.
• Mary stands on a crescent moon, the same crescent moon on the day of her apparition.
• Mary’s mantel is a constellation map, the same constellations as on the day of her apparition.
• These constellations tell the story of the Gospel.
• On her rose garment is a topographic map of the location of her apparition.
• On Mary’s neck is a small black cross, identifying her with the Catholic missionaries.
• Over her womb on her dress is a four-petal flower, the Aztec symbol of life & deity.
• In the image Mary is “clothed with the sun” with “the moon at her feet” (Rev. 12:1).
• A doctor once heard a heartbeat coming from the image through a stethoscope over the womb.
• The eyes of the image have the refractory characteristics of human eyes.
• The eyes reflect the witnesses present at its unveiling, including Juan Diego & the bishop.

More information about the tilma here

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us; St. Juan Diego, pray for us.