Raman and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) Analyses of a Microsubstance Adhering to a Fiber of the Turin Shroud

Laude, J. P.; Fanti, Giulio

doi:10.1177/0003702817715291

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“…Both pigments were found together [15] with the Shroud blood. Recently, spectrometric analyses showed the presence of biliverdin [16], caused by the degradation of hemoglobin in the blood of the Shroud, typical of a traumatized person.…”

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Why is the Turin Shroud Authentic?

Fanti

2018

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Why is the Turin Shroud Authentic?

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2018

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“…Samples of blood crust have been analyzed and the blood resulted considerably deteriorated, very brittle and mixed with pigments due to a restoration [27]. Recently, the presence of biliverdin [28], caused by the degradation of hemoglobin in the blood of the Shroud, typical of a traumatized person has been detected.…”

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Why is the Turin Shroud Not Fake?

Fanti

2018

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The Turin Shroud [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11], the Holy Shroud or simply the Shroud (Figure 1) is the archaeological object, as well as religious, more studied in the world. From a scientific point of view, it is important because it shows a double image of a man up to now not reproducible nor explainable; it is also religiously important because, according to the Christian tradition, it shows some traces of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. A recent paper [12] showed why and in which sense the Shroud is authentic, but many persons still keep on stating the contrary, probably pushed by their religion beliefs that arouses many logical-deductive problems. Consequently, some researchers influence the scientific aspects of the most important Relic of Christianity based on their personal religious aspects thus publishing goal-oriented documents.

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“…The TS shows many marks: those produced by blood, fi re, and water, that, with the creases, partially obscure the body image, causing scientifi c analysis to be less easy, but it is clear that this funeral cloth really wrapped a tortured dead man [14,15] characterized by an evident rigor mortis [16].…”

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Rigor Mortis and News obtained by the Body’s Scientific Reconstruction of the Turin Shroud Man

Fanti¹

2018

Forensic Sci Today

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After various tentative to artistically build a tridimensional form of the Turin Shroud (TS) Man, the authors faced the problem of the scientifi c construction of a 3D model of this Man with an accuracy of the order of 1 cm.It is well known that the TS wrapped a human body heavily tortured, but it is not easy to build a 3D model starting only from the 2D information shown on two body images visible on a linen sheet and on the hypothesis that these images really corresponds to a real man wrapped in it.The study showed that, while the two TS body images (frontal and dorsal) seem to appear not coherent with the image of a human body because distorted in many parts, these two images are perfectly coherent with the distortions provoked by a man wrapped in this linen sheet.This model confi rmed the evident rigor mortis of the human body and evidenced the particular posture corresponding to the position on the cross that also showed a rotation never detected previously of the human body around his spine. The study of this 3D model partially confi rmed previous results but also evidenced interesting news, like the position of the exit hole of the nail posed on the palm of the hand.The Gospels place the Resurrection in the early hours of Sunday, at least 36 hours after death. The effect of the preservation of rigidity up to this moment may be not consistent with the thanatochronological alterations expected in a man in the same pre-mortal clinical condition, but this problem has been solved by the "mixture of aloe and myrrh" that allowed the preservation of the corpse, thus prolonging the rigor mortis for tens of hours. In fact, this body seems not to have undergone any signifi cant putrefactive phenomenon.

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Raman and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) Analyses of a Microsubstance Adhering to a Fiber of the Turin Shroud

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Why is the Turin Shroud Authentic?

Why is the Turin Shroud Authentic?

Why is the Turin Shroud Not Fake?

Rigor Mortis and News obtained by the Body’s Scientific Reconstruction of the Turin Shroud Man

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