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Author Kowalski, Michael

Title The Shroud of Christ Evidence of a 2,000 Year Antiquity
Published Milton : Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (301 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Shroud of Christ -- 1.1: A Historical Perspective -- 1.2: A Textile Perspective -- 1.3: A Scientific Perspective -- 1.4: An Artistic Perspective -- Chapter 2: Dating the Shroud: Pre-1988 Evidence -- 2.1: Hungarian Pray Manuscript -- 2.2: Sudarium of Oviedo -- 2.3: Evidence in Byzantine Iconography -- 2.4: Numismatic Evidence -- 2.5: Summary -- Chapter 3: The Controversial 1988 C-14 Test -- 3.1: Radiocarbon Dating
3.2: Planning the dating of the Shroud -- 3.3: Removal of the Shroud Sample -- 3.4: Laboratory Dating Tests -- 3.5: Statistical Analysis of the Test Results -- 3.6: The 2017 release of Raw Data -- 3.7: Summary -- 3.8: An 'Unofficial' Radiocarbon Test -- Chapter 4: Evidence of Contamination -- 4.1: Statistical Evidence of contamination -- 4.2: Contamination Hypotheses -- 4.3: Sixteenth Century Repair Hypothesis -- 4.4: Neutron Absorption Hypothesis -- 4.5: Summary -- Chapter 5: Dating the Shroud: Post-1988 Tests -- 5.1: A Chemical Test for Dating Linen -- 5.2: Alternative Dating Methods
5.3: Vibrational Spectroscopy -- 5.4: Dating Linen Using FT-IR Spectroscopy -- 5.5: Dating Linen Using Raman Spectroscopy -- 5.6: A Mechanical Method for Dating Flax Fibres -- 5.7: Summary -- Chapter 6: Conclusions and Future Research -- 6.1: Coin Images -- 6.2: Summary of the Dating Evidence -- 6.3: A New Flax Dating Technique -- 6.4: Should There Be Another C-14 Test? -- 6.5: Concluding Observations -- References and Citations -- Appendix -- Name Index -- Subject Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000909111
1000909115
9781000909104
1000909107