Dimensions
111 x 178 x 32mm
Blood or paint?
Cunning painting or genuine gravecloth from a crucified body?
Medieval fake?
Debate over the origins of the Turin Shroud has raged for centuries. No other object seems to arouse so much love and hate - and controversy.
In this first book to encompass all the very latest and most significant research, Ian Wilson presents the scientific, historical, religious, photographic and artistic arguments - including the controversial 1988 radiocarbon dating.
But the conclusions drawn by dating have raised as many questions as they have answered. Could the Shroud be authentic after all?
Contains black and white photographs.
