The first evidence that predates 1350 is the Pray codex. The Pray Codex, also called Codex Pray or The Hungarian Pray Manuscript, is a collection of medieval manuscripts, dated to the late 12th to early 13th centuries. In 1813 it was named after György Pray, who discovered it in 1770. It is the first known …
Next, I’ll be going into the provenance of the shroud. Knowing the history of the shroud is not a necessary condition for my arguments on the authenticity of the shroud. But, it would satisfy intellectual curiosity of how the shroud traveled from Jerusalem to Lirey, France. The analysis of the possible route will be assuming …
There’s two main views on the shroud: A) It’s a medieval fake that was produced by some artist B) It’s the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth Arguments against position A: 1. It is not artwork. a. This is the conclusion of the 1978 STURP team. No pigments, paints, dyes or stains have been found …
Arguments the TS is not from Medieval Europe, but from 1st century Jerusalem: 1. Dimensions of cloth match Assyrian cubit. viewtopic.php?p=1119548#p1119548 2. Side strip seam matches Masada seam. viewtopic.php?p=1119872#p1119872 3. Banding not seen in medieval weaving, but in ancient weaving. viewtopic.php?p=1120100#p1120100 4. Calcium particles on the feet area matching Jerusalem. viewtopic.php?p=1120231#p1120231 5. Wide Angle X-ray …
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DNA analysis has been done on dust particles collected from the TS. It is able to identify plant and human particles and their estimated geographic origin. Several plant taxa native to the Mediterranean area were identified as well as species with a primary center of origin in Asia, the Middle East or the Americas but …
Using Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS), a sample of the TS was compatible with a 1st century dating. A team from the Institute of Crystallography in Bari, Italy, with the support of the National Research Council, led by Liberato De Caro, has published a new study on the dating of the Shroud of Turin which …
Calcium particles on the feet area of the shroud chemically match those in areas of Jerusalem. In addition, a fiber taken from the foot-area of the Shroud’s body-image was tested for calcium and was found to match the chemical composition of limestone found in Jerusalem, in particular the limestone found at the burial sites of …
The TS is claimed to be almost 2000 years old. Is it even possible for a linen cloth to last so long? Yes, linen fabric can last a long time. We have many linen cloth that are even older than the TS. Mummy bandage inscribed with a falcon. 1000–945 B.C. Henettawy’s unembalmed body was wrapped …
The linen threads on the shroud do not all have the exact same color. The threads have been produced in batches and because each batch has slight differences with another, it results in the banding effect on the cloth. Bands of slightly different color can be seen in Shroud photographs. They are most visible in …
But, let’s look at the article: Although the grave in the Ben Hinnom Valley (Akeldama) in Jerusalem was visited by robbers, there was a single, sealed and untouched loculus. Upon opening this grave a black mass of material and bones were found. The mass itself appeared to be made up of fabric and human hair. …