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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Sorry I got that wrong! Thanks for the correction -- Best, George -- George FERZOCO [log in to unmask] On 24 Mar 2008, at 16:44, Rosemary Hayes-Milligan and Andrew Milligan wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > George I sent my previous note before this arrived. I don't think > the Oviedo cloth is the same as the Veronica. the Veronica is, > traditionally, said to be a cloth that wiped the face of Jesus on > his way to the cross and was left with an image of that face. My > son tells me there are two possible Veronicas in St Peter's. The > Orviedo cloth is claimed to be the burial face cloth - as listed in > John. > > Rosemary > ----- Original Message ----- From: "George FERZOCO" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:40 PM > Subject: Re: [M-R] Shroud of Turin > > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> >> The programme also made the claim that the Veronica has been in >> Oviedo since the fifth century, and that a minute comparison of >> the main bloodstain thereon with the main one on Christ's head as >> it appears on the Shroud of Turin shows the two stains to have >> almost identical outlines. (It would make sense that the >> Verionica's stain be larger than the one on the Shroud, given its >> direct contact with the body.) >> >> This led to the hypothesis that the Shroud had to have existed >> from at least the same time as the Veronica, i.e. the fifth century. >> >> George >> >> -- >> George FERZOCO >> [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html