Word: shrouds
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...marks of the scourge on the back of "the man of the shroud" seem to make the same pattern that would have been made by Roman scourges of the time - a pattern unlikely to be known to a faker...
...Germany's Dr. Herman Moedder of Cologne's St. Francis Hospital found by a series of experimental "crucifixions," with eight volunteers, that a person bound to a cross by his hands must periodically writhe upward on the crossbar in order to breathe. The shroud's pattern shows trickles of blood from the wrists at angles of both 65 and go degrees - a fact which could be explained by such writhing, but which a forger would be unlikely to allow...
...Pope Clement VII and the 14th Century bishops must have had good reason for positively declaring that the shroud was not authentic...
...According to the Gospel of John, the body of Jesus was wrapped together with "a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight," and though the shroud shows traces of aloes and myrrh, some experts think that 100 Ibs. would have left more of a residue...
...official hope "that a way may be found to examine scientifically, religiously and historically those aspects of the holy linen which may lead to determination of its authenticity." Colored photographs, X-ray and chemical analyses seemed indicated, but much red tape needed unraveling before they would be forthcoming. The shroud, still the private property of ex-King Umberto II, has not been exhibited since the Holy Year...