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By G. Fanti

The purpose of this paintings is to summarise the $64000 contribution provided by means of Optics within the stories of the TS (Turin Shroud) made in additional than a century of researches and exams. within the first part the very extraordinary features of the TS are offered and mentioned displaying that prior to now the double physique photo inspired on it isn't but reproducible. a few physique photo formation hypotheses are awarded and they'll be confirmed through additionally technique of optical skill successively mentioned. the second one and 3rd sections respectively current crucial optical researches performed long ago and within the found in connection with the Relic and the fourth part discusses a few attainable optical experiences that are meant to be performed at the TS to unveil a few imprecise issues. it's also accounted for the conservation difficulties which are extremely important for the physique photograph inspired within the linen textile in a really specific manner.

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29 compares a detail of Enrie orthochromatic plate with a macrophotograph, made by Mark Evans during STURP campaign in 1978, and an image processing of it devoted to enhance the contrast in such a way as an orthochromatic plate normally does. This figure shows how the herringbone structure of the TS changes in the Enrie’s photograph as a combination of black sticks and how much a combination of the resulting black sticks can be interpreted as the letters I, C, U and also A. On the other hand, if someone searches on the whole TS photograph for those letters he is able to find more than some hundreds.

Fanti and R. 19. Whole TS in reflected light mounted on a rotating table used by STURP members for experiments (B. Schwortz). 20. Whole TS in transmitted light: the very superficial body image disappears but not the bloodstains and the waterstains; behind the TS it was sewed the Holland cloth that acted as a light diffuser (B. Schwortz). 21. Contrast enhanced photograph of TS Hands in transmitted light (on the left) compared with the same photograph in reflected light: the very superficial body image disappears but not the bloodstains on the wrist and arms (B.

15. On the left, Hands acquired in the 8-14 μm band (Accetta, 1980, courtesy of AO); on the center smoothed and contrast improved photo of the same Hands to be compared with the contrast enhanced photo of the Hands made by B. Schwortz in visible light. In addition to the reversed contrast detected by the authors in the IR photo, it must be also observed the different shape of bloodstains perhaps indicating the various degree of blood imbibitions and the presence of some stains on the palm that must be explained.

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