Oxford view on Shroud of Turin eagerly awaited

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Oxford view on Shroud of Turin eagerly awaited
THE TURIN SHROUD (TS) poses a fascinating mystery. It is a linen cloth (4.42m x 1.13m) bearing the image of a man that many believe is the crucified Jesus Christ. The cloth has been investigated scientifically but the jury is still out as to the age of the TS and the identity of the man whose image it carries. Much has been written on the TS. I would recommend Is the Turin Shroud a Fake? by Ian Wilson and Barrie Schwortz ( Folio Book of Historical Mysteries , 2008).
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The TS bears the image of a man who appears to have been crucified and the shroud is kept in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Turin. Many believe it is the cloth placed on Jesus Christ in the tomb. The image is in sepia tones but is much clearer as a black and white negative. Sceptics argue that the shroud is a medieval forgery.
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I am quite puzzled by this article and I wonder if the writer of this newspaper article was misinformed. There was great interest in the Catholic press about the earlier tests, and I have heard nothing about this in the Catholic media. Furthermore, the Vatican would have to agree to have a piece of the shroud cut off, or more than one piece, for this test, and I haven’t heard about this either. And I doubt the Vatican would give permission in view of the earlier fiasco, when the labs involved didn’t follow the agreed-upon proper scientific procedure for their tests, and also in fact used fringe parts of the shroud that could have been contaminated in the middle ages.
I suspect that we won’t hear any more about this. (Though I would be happy myself if reliable tests were made of its age.)
 
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I am quite puzzled by this article and I wonder if the writer of this newspaper article was misinformed. There was great interest in the Catholic press about the earlier tests, and I have heard nothing about this in the Catholic media. Furthermore, the Vatican would have to agree to have a piece of the shroud cut off, or more than one piece, for this test, and I haven’t heard about this either. And I doubt the Vatican would give permission in view of the earlier fiasco, when the labs involved didn’t follow the agreed-upon proper scientific procedure for their tests, and also in fact used fringe parts of the shroud that could have been contaminated in the middle ages.
I suspect that we won’t hear any more about this. (Though I would be happy myself if reliable tests were made of its age.)
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This link addresses the testing in question:

catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12725
 
Thanks for the link in post 3. It seems that they are not testing the shroud at all. They are checking the test that was made some years ago to see if it was valid. Perhaps this will be helpful.
 
This post to the “Shroud of Turin Story” website shows why Oxford is doing this re-examination. Apparently, there’s a very strong possibility that the samples were taken from a section that used a form of “hidden reweaving” fabric-repair technique. Scholars didn’t know it was used at that period to repair fabrics; turns out it was. If this technique was used to repair the Shroud AND they took the samples from the repaired site, that would also account for the original carbon-dating results.

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