RE: Shroud of Turin
August 22, 2014 at 5:03 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2014 at 5:12 pm by Cyberman.)
(August 22, 2014 at 3:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The problem with the Leonardo stuff is that the shroud was displayed and denounced almost a hundred years before Leonardo was born. Argues convincingly against his involvement.
I seem to remember some mention of a shroud that was indeed denounced as an obvious painting, but which vanished once the one we know and love appeared. The argument goes that Leonardo or someone was commissioned to produce a more convincing artifact. It's meant to account for the anomalies in the thing, since Leonardo was supposedly of the Mandean sect that followed John the Baptist. Again I stress that I'm no scholar of history; I share only what I've heard and read.
As I say, the basic implausibilities of the relic ought to be plenty to tear it to shreds as a magical relic regardless.
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