What can you see on the popular canvas?
The Shroud of Turin shows a double-sided (front and back) image of a naked man. The canvas shows the image of a nude man, approximately 180 cm tall, with long hair and a beard, as in a photographic negative. According to believers, Jesus Christ must have been wrapped in armor shortly after his death and removal from the cross.
Shield of Turin. Dimensions and storage space
The Shroud of Turin is housed in the Church of the Holy Shroud in Turin, Italy. It is a handloom canvas with dimensions: height 437 cm, width 113 to 112.5 cm. It weighs approximately 2.5 kg. Canvas is woven from handloom yarn (with a trace of Indian cotton fibers).
The Shroud of Turin was initially kept in Jerusalem. Later, for several hundred years, it was in the territory of what was then Byzantium. It was first put on public display in France in 1357. It came to Italy in the 17th century and is still found today.
Name
The Shroud of Turin is referred to by many as the “Fifth Gospel”.
First photo
Secondo Pia was the first man to receive permission from the Italian king and the Archbishop of Turin to photograph the famous Shroud. It happened on May 28, 1898.
Scientology – The Science of Armor
The interdisciplinary science that studies the Shroud is Scientology (from the Italian santa sindone, meaning “holy shroud”).
At an Italian university, the Schroed University courses. The Institute of Science and Faith of the Pontifical University of Regina Apostolorum in Rome organized a course for students to obtain a diploma specializing in the Shroud.
First Conference on Armour
In 1939, the first conference in history was devoted entirely to armor in Turin. At the time, the medical professors Ruggero Romanese and Giovanni Giudica Cordiglia said that the man in the armor must die in excruciating pain. An analysis of the blood and a reflection of visible wounds on the cloth showed that he had been severely whipped – which would be consistent with Christian interpretations.
Research and analysis have been called into question many times – the debate about the authenticity of the canvas continues to this day. The problem with verifying the armor’s authenticity is its availability to researchers, which is very limited.
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