Shroud of Turin
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Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin : modern photo of the face, positive left, negative right. Negative has been contrast enhanced. The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud ( Italian : Sindone di Torino, Sacra Sindone ) is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have suffered physical trauma in a manner consistent with crucifixion . [ 1 ] It is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin , northern Italy .
History of the Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin: recent photo of the face, positive left, negative right.
The ark that contains the Sudarium of Oviedo. The Sudarium of Oviedo , or Shroud of Oviedo , is a bloodstained cloth, measuring c. 84 x 53 cm, kept in the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of San Salvador , Oviedo , Spain . [ 1 ] The Sudarium ( Latin for sweat cloth ) is claimed to be the cloth wrapped around the head of Jesus Christ after he died, as mentioned in the Gospel of John (20:6-7). [ 2 ] The small chapel housing it was built specifically for the cloth by King Alfonso II of Asturias in AD 840; the Arca Santa is an elaborate reliquary chest with a Romanesque metal frontal for the storage of the Sudarium and other relics. The Sudarium is displayed to the public three times a year: Good Friday , the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross on 14 September, and its octave on 21 September.
Sudarium of Oviedo
The Shroud of Turin Research Project (often abbreviated as STURP ) refers to a team of scientists which performed a set of experiments and analyses on the Shroud of Turin during the late 1970s and early 1980s. STURP issued its final report in 1981.
