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?
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Certainly there’s a blood stain on the wrist. But where’s the puncture wound, exit or otherwise?
This comment has just appeared on The Other Site: “I’m a physician. From a medical and anatomic perspective, the hidden thumbs are not especially compelling evidence that the Shroud is genuine when examined in isolation. But there are also puncture … Continue reading
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Tagged Bucklin, foot, puncture blood, Shroud of Turin, turin shroud, wounds, wrist
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Shroud Scope 7: Why call it blood if one’s not sure it is blood? A sceptic’s dilemma
I am presently drafting my next post. Its focus is chiefly on the scourge marks on the Turin Shroud. But it’s not entirely certain as to what is imaged when references are made to those scourge marks. Some say they … Continue reading
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Tagged AROW-blood, blood, iron, nail wound, plum-coloured regions, porphyrins, sceptic, scourge marks, Shroud of Turin, Shroud Scope, sodium, tree diagram, wrist
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Shroud Scope 3: Now let’s take a closer look at the wrist – the one with the bloodstain and, supposedly, an underlying nail wound.
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, bloodstain, crucifixion, man on the shroud, nail wound, Shroud of Turin, Shroud Scope, wrist
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My answer to the steeped-in-mystique Turin Shroud - evolving gradually from some 10 years of science-based experimental modelling. 