Sugar Coated Shroud of Turin
 
 

Pierce dArcis

Pierce dArcis on the Shroud of then Lirey

...falsely and deceitfully, being consumed with the passion of avarice and not from any motive of devotion but only of gain, procured for their church a certain cloth cunningly painted, upon which by clever sleight of hand was depicted the twofold image of one man, that is to say the back and front, they falsely declaring and pretending that this was the actual Shroud in which our Savior Jesus Christ was enfolded in the tomb.

It should be noted that many contemporaneous documents of the period challenge the veracity of the memo by d`Arcis. Dan Scavone notes:

In 1389, supposed year of his memo, his Troyes cathedral's roof caved and it had to be closed; expenses demanded a draw to bring in the pilgrims and their donations people accused him of wanting it for himself, as his own memo states

 

  WHY THE SHROUD OF TURIN IS PROBABLY REAL EVEN IF THE MEANING IS UNCLEAR

Medalion from the first known European Shroud Exhibit in 1356
Medalion from the first known European Shroud Exhibit in 1356

What is the Shroud of Turin? The Shroud Described.

How the images might have formed. Images on the Shroud of Turin.

Hints from Edessa, 544 AD. Early Shroud of Turin History.

How a medieval artisan caused Carbon 14 Dating Errors.

Startling, Mysterious, Unexplained. The 3D Encoding of the Shroud.

The Variegated Cloth. Fooled by the Shroud's Background Noise.

The Art Connection. Christ Pantocrator and the Shroud of Turin.

Was the Shroud of Turin Described? Voices from the Past

Medical Perspective: Forensic Pathology of the Images

The Second Face: From the Back of the Cloth

Some say . . . Painted, Leonardo da Vinci, Jacques deMolay, Coins, etc.


 
    
 

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