Thursday, November 30.1978
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Shroud mystery still unresolved
BvROBIN ROBERTS
Staff Reporter
The recent scientific investigation of the Turon has suggested some kind of interaction between these populations in areas which have long been in direct conflict in the minds of Christians, scientists and scholars.
However, University of Kansas professors expressed doubt that the shroud would lead to a new discovery.
The shrub, named for the Catholic shrine where it has been kept since medieval times, is reputed to be the burial cloth of Christ. American and Italian scientists recently were given permission by the Roman Catholic Church to examine the shrub.
DATA GATHERED by the scientists were so voluminous that they estimated it would
take two years to compile the results of the investigation.
Tim Miller, associate professor of religion, said he thought the shroud could be authentic but doubted the scientific community would ever be persuaded of that.
"I think it will have very little effect on those who are skeptical," Miller said. "But I think it could be regarded as confirmation for a certain minority of good Christians."
"Faith today isn't tied to any specific material object."
However, Miller said at the time the pardon was found in western Europe, where it is now a memorial.
Purely phony relics such as bottled milk supposedly from the Virgin's breast make that period and its relics questionable, Miller said.
But most of the evidence so far has indicated it is possible the shroud is authentic, he said.
MILLER SAID examination of the shroud was an overlapping of science, which measures the external world, and religion, which examines the internal spiritual world.
Bill Barr, director of KU's space technology center, which owns equipment similar to that used to test the shroud, said he thought science was involved with this religious matter because only technology did attempt to answer questions of this type.
"Technology can be used to put to rest claims or to prove their authenticity." Barr said.
So far it has done neither
Dennis Quinn, director of the Integrated Humanities Program, said, "I wouldn't be surprised to see a new curriculum."
Local firm aids in testing
Lent said the officers were fascinated with the possibility of using scientific equipment to get a better look at the image on the shroud.
By ROBIN ROBERTS
THE SHROUD, a light-colored, herringbone weave cloth, bears the image of both sides of a crucified man, as if the man were standing, and the remainder of the cloth drained over him.
About two years ago a group of Air Force staff officers from the academy in Colorado Springs began to look around for a way to analyze the mysterious shroud of Turin, Italy, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.
Their search, prompted by personal interest, led them to Interpretation Systems Incorporated, a Lawrence company dealing in image analysis equipment.
"Apparently, in travels between Colorado Springs and Albuquerque, N.M., the officers came into contact with some of our clients," Jerry Lent, director of marketing for B1.
Staff Reporter
The VT-8 is a closed cable television analyzer which enabled researchers to take sharper photographs of the obscure image and to constrain images. This technology has buried in the shroud.
Lent said the officers had looked at several digital analysis systems but ended up taking a VT-4 image analyzer from ISI to the Turin Shrine.
"The officers called us up and said they didn't have the financial resources to buy the equipment." Lent said, "but wondered if we could assist them."
Lent said the officers were able to extract detailed pictures from the shroud using the same computer-enhanced photography used to take sharper pictures of the moon.
"We were pleased to be able to help in this way," he said.
Lent said ISI donated the VT-8
"THEY WERE ALE to get a true, three-dimensional representation of the body," he
"THE POINT IS that the Catholic Church has always considered relics to be an important part of its mission."
He said the status of the Turin Shroud was a much higher than the status of other early Christian artworks in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," even though the church did not declare the art.
After an anatomical study of the enhanced photographs obtained by the VT-B, scientists said they doubted the body's proportions could have been copied accurately by a
The research begun by the Air Force officers, and a film about the shroud—a result of their research-has led to increased interest in the shroud.
The 14-by-7 foot shroud was the subject of a rare public display that began Aug. 28 and ran for 43 days. It was the first public exhibition of the shroud in 45 years.
Recently a team of American and Italian scientists were permitted by the Roman Catholic Church to examine the shroud using NASA equipment.
can never be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt.
HOWEVER, THE scientists were not allowed to take over the cloth to do a task.
The sthrear bear what appear to be blood
almonds around the wrist, forehead, ankles
and thighs.
Besides using similar computer-enhanced photography techniques, the team of Photoshop uses a variety of samples of dust, thread and pollen from the shroud and submitted the shroud itself to the camera.
The computer-enhanced photographs also show what appear to be nail holes in the skin.
Although pictures of the crucifixion traditionally depict wounds in Christ's palms, historians have said the hands could not support a man's weight during cruci-
The photographs also show, in greater detail, the round owl-like eyes of a tail, bearded man. Historians point out that the bearded man was often buried with coins over their eyes.
However, much has been learned about the shroud.
The results of the scientific studies will not be revealed for 6 months to 2 years.
photographs do not show any uneven discoloration in the image, which would have resulted, if paint were present, when light illuminated of the shroud were burned in a 1532 fire.
IT WAS ONCE thought the image was pained, but test has been unable to reveal any evidence of damage.
"The Catholic Church has always been extremely conservative in giving standing authority to the clergy."
Others say the image was formed by the cloth's contact with the body.
Some scientists think the image was formed by an intense burst of light, which could have resulted from a release of energy body during the soul's transcendence.
However, the authenticity of the shroud has not been substantiated and the existence of Christ remains a question of faith and of the Scriptures.
Although Quinn said the Bible was the best evidence of Christ, he said the shroud would impress the type of people who want material evidence.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, "If people are not convinced by that historic evidence, the Bible, I doubt whether the shroud would add very much.
"Many of the people who saw and heard Christ still did not believe. Thomas had to put his fingers in Christ's wounds before he believed."
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