The Turin Shroud Past,Present and Future by Silvano Scannerini Piero SavarinoCall Number: BT587 .S4 S33 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Introductory Talk...Die Leinwand des Turiner Grabtuches-zum technischen befund - Mechthild Flury-Lemberg/ The body image of The Turin Shroud...Chairperson: Bruno Barberis...The Shroud fabric and the body image:chemical and physical characteristics...Alan Adler...X-ray radiography and fluorescence on the Shroud...Ron Jenkins...Colourimetry of the Shroud...Paolo Soardo...Spectrophotometry of the Shroud:a critical review...Samuel Pellicori...Computer processing of the body image...Nello Balossino...Images of extraneus objects on the Shroud...Pierluigi Baima Bollone/Round Table...How was the body image formed?...Chairperson:Silvano Scannerini...Discussants:Bruno Barberis,Jeanette Cardamone,Frank Deblase,John Jackson,Vittorio Pesce Delfino,Edmondo Pramauro,Sebastiano Rodante,Piero Savarino,Piero Vercelli,Joseph Virlet,Alan D.Whanger/The Blood Marks on the Turin Shroud...Chairperson:Mechthild Flury-Lemberg...The forensic characteristics of the blood marks...Pierluigi Baima Bollone...Chemical and physical characteristics of the blood stains...Alan Adler...Identification and patterns of the DNA traces...Marcello Canale...Forensic and clinical knowledge of the practice of crucifixion:a forensic way of the cross...Frederick Zugibe/Round Table...What does the study of the blood marks tell us about the man of the Shroud?...Chairperson:Silvano Scannerini...Discussants:Jeanette Cardamone,Frank Deblase,Angelo Fiori,Edmondo Pramauro,Piero Savarino/The History of the Turin Shroud...Chairperson:Pierluigi Baima Bollone...The Gospels and the Shroud...Giuseppe Ghiberti...The Shroud and roman crucifixion:a historical review...Gino Zaninotto...Einige Hypothesen zur Fruhgeschichte des Turiner Grabtuchs...Karlheinz Maria Zaccone...The Shroud in pictorial documents and copies...Heinrich Pfeiffer/Round Table...Does the historical documentation on the Shroud justify further research into its existence before the fourteenth century?...Chairperson:Piero Savarino...Discussants:Rebecca Jackson,Paul Kaswalder,William Meacham,Daniel Raffard de Brienne,Ian Wilson/Origins and Age of the Turin Shroud...Chairperson...Karlheinz Dietz....Thoughts on the Shroud Cdebate...William Meacham...The present state of radiocarbon dating...Robert Otlet...Carbon dating of the Turin Shroud:reasons for scepticism,alternative approaches,prospects and further research...Andrej Ivanov...Micro-traces of plants on the Shroud of Turin as geographical markers...Avinoam Danin/Round Table...Are the radiocarbon results on the Shroud conclusive evidence of its medieval date?...Chairperson:Piero Savarino...Discussants:Alan Adler,Jacques Evin,Alberto Giovannini,Luigi Gonella,John Jackson,Mario Moroni,Yves Saillard,Silvano Scannerini,Franco Testore/Final Session-General Debate...The Shroud past,present and future...Chairmen:Silvano Scannerini,Piero Savarino