Image of my own (beardless!) face, obtained in 2015 via contact imprinting technique, easily realizable in medieval times.
Pre-imprinting! (purely a modern photo as distinct from medieval -type imprint!)
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Conflicting definitions of “sindonology”
1. First, from en.wiktionary
“The study of the Shroud of Turin from a believing perspective”
2. Second, from www.dictionary.
“The scientific study of the Shroud of Turin”
Er, they can’t both be right! Indeed they could be said to be pulling in opposite directions!
So why hasn’t sindonology put its house in order by agreeing on a SINGLE DEFINITION?
Tag Archives: Mark Evans
A compression scorch from a hot template ought theoretically to leave a tell-tale signature on linen…
Late addition (July 2019) Please forgive this postscript, correction, “prescript”, correction, intrusion, added many years later – based on some 350 and more postings here and elsewhere. That’s including some 7 years of my hands-on investigation into image-forming techniques, … Continue reading
Posted in Shroud of Turin
Tagged heated template, impaction force, Mark Evans, photomicrograph, pressure, scorch hypothesis, STERA, template, warp, weft
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A leisurely, thinking-aloud appraisal of those recently-released Shroud photomicrographs.
Late addition (July 2019) Please forgive this postscript, correction, “prescript”, correction, intrusion, added many years later – based on some 350 and more postings here and elsewhere. That’s including some 7 years of my hands-on investigation into image-forming techniques, … Continue reading
Posted in medieval forgery, Shroud of Turin
Tagged copyright, dogma, herringbone, Mark Evans, photomicrograph, scorch hypothesis, Shroud of Turin, STERA, Thibault Heimburger MD, warp, weave, weft
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It’s still looking good for leech digesta (as the source of “blood” on the Shroud of Turin)
Late addition (July 2019) Please forgive this postscript, correction, “prescript”, correction, intrusion, added many years later – based on some 350 and more postings here and elsewhere. That’s including some 7 years of my hands-on investigation into image-forming techniques, chosen … Continue reading
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Tagged anticoagulants, bloodstains, haem, hirudin, leech, leeches, Mark Evans, medicinal leech, protoporphyrin, ribs of weave, serum, Shroud of Turin, tarry, Thibault Heimburger
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My answer to the steeped-in-mystique Turin Shroud - evolving gradually from some 10 years of science-based experimental modelling. 