First, it’s generally accepted it is real blood on the shroud. From a forensic point of view, the blood marks are macroscopically consistent with blood, except for the color which is too red for centuries-old blood.The “blood” is real blood: it does contain all the molecular components of blood (iron, amount of iron consistent with …
John 19:40 (KJV) Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. https://simple.uniquebibleapp.com/bible … /19#v19_40 Yes, the shroud was folded in half and covered the entire back and front of the body. But, the shroud cloth was originally two …
Another thing about the hands. The fingers appear to not simply be a visual depiction of the hand, but an x-ray depiction. It more closely matches what we would see of an x-ray image than a photographic image. And this is not only for the hands, but other parts of the body as well. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chri … aphael.jpg Another interesting thing about the hands – one hand extends longer than the other. Why would that be the case? It was because his right shoulder was dislocated when he fell while carrying the cross. If it’s a forgery, why and how could the artist depict is so well that modern medical …
https://shroudphotos.com/gallery/page/7/ Another difference between the shroud and other medieval depictions of Jesus is the placement of the nail. In other depictions, the nail goes through the palm of the hand. All paintings and sculptures during that time portray it this way. But, the shroud is unique in that it has the nail going through the …
Another very interesting aspect to the body image is it is a result of discoloration on the topmost fibers. The image does not go all the way through the cloth as one would expect if it was painted on. There is also no cement material found to indicate it was a painting. During the 1978 …
Because the image is faint, there is another interesting feature of the shroud. If you’re too far away or too close to it, it’s hard to discern the image. The ideal distance to view it is just a few feet away from it. And even at that distance it would be hard to discern without …
The first photographic method was the daguerreotype which was introduced in 1839. Daguerreotype (daguerréotype) was the first publicly available photographic process; it was widely used during the 1840s and 1850s. “Daguerreotype” also refers to an image created through this process. Invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, the daguerreotype was almost completely superseded …
One argument the shroud is not a medieval forgery is the totally unique style of the image. We can take a sampling of medieval depictions of Jesus and view their styles: Holy Trinity (Botticelli) The Holy Trinity or Pala delle Convertite is an altarpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, dating to c. 1491–1493. …
A commonly held view of the Shroud of Turin is that is is a medieval forgery that originated around 1390 AD. “Today, the bulk of evidence indicates that the Shroud originated sometime around the Middle Ages, and was created by human hands.” https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-shroud-of-turin-created-by-miracle-or-medieval-forgers “The History of the Shroud of Turin begins in the year 1390 …