The present invention ensures the hermetic bonding of a support body which
is interposed between a face substrate and a back substrate and is formed
of a plurality of members thus easily realizing the large-sizing of a
screen of a display image and, at the same time, enhancing a hermetic
property holding function of the image display device. A support body is
interposed between a face substrate and a back substrate while
surrounding a display region and hermetically seals both substrates using
a sealing material. The support body is formed by hermetically bonding a
plurality of support body members each other using a bonding material
which has a softening point higher than a softening point of the sealing
material.