The abrupt changes in the yellowed fibril density in the Linen of Turin

Abstract

The present investigation is an attempt to explain the abrupt changes in the yellowed fibril density (or image intensity) values in the dorsal part of the Shroud of Turin body image. The interested areas are the ones at the base of the shoulders and the buttocks. These rapid changes in the body image intensity are not anomalies of the linen manufacture. They can be explained with the original presence of aromas and/or burial ointments.

Keywords:

• Shroud of Turin
• burial ointments
• density of the yellowed fibril distribution

PACS :

• 01.75.+m
• 82.20.Rp
• 82.65.−i

Acknowledgements

We thank the members of the “Shroud of Turin Research Project” for obtaining many useful results for further discoveries. Without their work, we would not have been able to extract the mechanism of the Shroud body image formation.