Pope confirms visit to Shroud of Turin; new evidence on shroud emerges

[GodIsGracious]

In what sense is the face “Caucasian”?

I read where some people thought it was too “long” and something else, I can’t remember right now. I just remember reading somewhere that some people thought that the images produced by the shroud of Turin were too “European” rather than someone of the area where Jesus was from.

Personally, considering the extraordinariousness of Jesus Christ, I think he could look like nearly anything.

 

[patrick457]

I read where some people thought it was too “long” and something else, I can’t remember right now. I just remember reading somewhere that some people thought that the images produced by the shroud of Turin were too “European” rather than someone of the area where Jesus was from.

Personally, considering the extraordinariousness of Jesus Christ, I think he could look like nearly anything.

Okay…I think I’ve heard of that one. The “face being too long” stuff is actually due to ‘background noise’ caused by the Shroud’s weave - if the ‘noise’ is removed, the face is actually normal in proportion. I’ll link to the article which talks about that.

 

[buffalo]

Okay…I think I’ve heard of that one. The “face being too long” stuff is actually due to ‘background noise’ caused by the Shroud’s weave - if the ‘noise’ is removed, the face is actually normal in proportion. I’ll link to the article which talks about that.

The US Air Force has a 3D statue made from the cloth on display at its Chapel.

Look at the video I posted and see the overlay. It is fascinating.

Divine Mercy and Shroud of Turin

 

[Muzhik]

I have the book “Report on The Shroud of Turin”, which is a write-up of the first major scientific study of the Shroud done back in 1978. Two of the movers and shakers of that study worked at the Air Force Academy at the time. They realized that if the image contained depth information, they could calculate the depth and be able to create a solid 3-D image of the man in the shroud. The problem was, there wasn’t any computerized machining equipment available at that time (30 years ago!) that could do what they wanted. The wife of one of them realized that if all they needed was power, they had all those Air Force cadets who might be willing to volunteer their time.

So they churned out a bunch of templates for cutting out cardboard, the cadets went to work, and eventually they had their statue. Problem was, it didn’t look right. When they showed it to the wife, they realized that their calculations had failed to remove the shroud: they had a statue of what the man covered by the shroud looked like.

So they redid the calculations, churned out another set of templates, and this time got it right. That is the statue you see in the Air Force Academy chapel today.

 

[patrick457]

Sorry for the delay. Here’s the article: Variegated images on the Shroud of Turin? To quote:

Linen in the first century, in the Middle East, was hank bleached. This meant that some yarn was whiter than other yarn. This resulted in variegated patterns as different hanks were fed into the loom.

Some of the bands of different shades of white (now yellowed and browned with age) are narrow and some are quite wide.

The variegation, or banding as it is sometimes called, is visual background noise and it alters the way we see things on the Shroud.

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The face as seen normally (through the naked eye)

If we minimize the variegation using Special image enhancement software (Fourier transform filters), this is how the face would look like:

http://www.shroudofturin4journalists.com/templa7.gif
Filtered photograph of face

 

[GodIsGracious]

Sorry for the delay. Here’s the article: Variegated images on the Shroud of Turin? To quote:
Linen in the first century, in the Middle East, was hank bleached. This meant that some yarn was whiter than other yarn. This resulted in variegated patterns as different hanks were fed into the loom.

Some of the bands of different shades of white (now yellowed and browned with age) are narrow and some are quite wide.

The variegation, or banding as it is sometimes called, is visual background noise and it alters the way we see things on the Shroud.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g159/arcticap/Shroud of Turin/Shroud_of_Turin_3331.jpg
The face as seen normally (through the naked eye)

If we minimize the variegation using Special image enhancement software (Fourier transform filters), this is how the face would look like:

http://www.shroudofturin4journalists.com/templa7.gif

Filtered photograph of face

Interesting! You can certainly see that the face isn’t so elongated.

I’m still skeptical but I hold out hope that this is Christ’s shroud. I so desperately wish I could see him. Until I am able, God willing, I will have to accept that I won’t be able to really look upon him.

I’ll read the article sometime this weekend.