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From: "George R. Hoelzeman" <[log in to unmask]>
> In a related vein, how reliable is the description of the burial cloths in
the Gospel of John
not an expert on John, obviously, but it occurred to me in your previous post,
George, that his description of the burial cloths is not particularly
consistent with the Image on the Shroud:
20:6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the
linen cloths lying,
20:7 and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen
cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
clearly, two "cloths," one for the head (i.e., presumably, over the face).
the fact that the cloths were "in a pile" is (as we see it always portrayed in
medieval art) evidence of the Resurrection, and has no bearing on the Image on
the Shroud.
the Man on the Shroud was, apparently, placed on one end of the spread cloth,
the other end being folded over the reclining body, from the head down to the
feet.
this doesn't preclude the existence of a "napkin" for the face/head, though
there is no trace of suchlike an object on the Image.
which is, of course, entirely irrevelent, since any Art Historian worth her
psalt can see immediately that the Image on the Shroud is just another one of
your standard, garden-variety 14th c. French Paintings.
(right, Jim?)
>and how would 1st cento burial cloths be arranged with head cloth and body
wrappings?
who knows?
not i.
c
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:09:28 -0400, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> >the BBC programme will, obviously, be close to worthless --even if
actually
> >seen in GB.
>
> >this page
>
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4210369.stm
>
> >explains that the programme is based on a serious scholarly article
published
> >in the journal Thermochimica Acta, familiar to us all.
>
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