THE SHROUD ATLAS · THE FORENSIC SUMMARY
Twenty-one chapters.
One image, many questions.
Follow the order of Otangelo Grasso’s book, from the cloth and its image through the Passion, history, scientific testing and interpretation. Each chapter opens with its illustrated panel. Chapters 1–2 have been rewritten; the remaining chapters are being developed.
A first look at the linen, its front and back images, and the questions that guide a forensic investigation.
CHAPTER 02 · BOOK P. 24The Linen of the Shroud of TurinExplore the weave, construction and textile evidence, including the limits of arguments about provenance.
CHAPTER 03 · BOOK P. 54The Blood of the ShroudFollow the examination of stains, clotting and competing interpretations of their chemical and anatomical features.
CHAPTER 04 · BOOK P. 76Silent Witnesses: Pollen & LimestoneExamine pollen, mineral traces and the methodological challenges of using environmental evidence to reconstruct a journey.
CHAPTER 05 · BOOK P. 93The Night the Shroud SpokeDiscover how Secondo Pia’s 1898 photographs changed the way viewers studied the image.
CHAPTER 06 · BOOK P. 111When Distance Became DataExplore intensity, relief and the image-processing experiments that inspired interpretations of three-dimensional information.
CHAPTER 07 · BOOK P. 132The Digital AutopsyFollow the interpretive reconstruction of the figure, distinguishing visual models from direct observations of the cloth.
CHAPTER 08 · BOOK P. 149The ScourgingCompare the pattern of marks with the Gospel account of scourging and with proposed Roman instruments.
CHAPTER 09 · BOOK P. 163The Crown of ThornsStudy the forehead and scalp stains alongside proposed reconstructions of a crown of thorns.
CHAPTER 10 · BOOK P. 175From Gethsemane to GolgothaFollow the Passion narrative from arrest to the place of execution, with the book’s forensic reconstruction.
CHAPTER 11 · BOOK P. 197The Quarry at the Edge of the WorldInvestigate the landscape, archaeology and competing identifications of Golgotha and the burial setting.
CHAPTER 12 · BOOK P. 213The Anatomy of AgonyConsider proposed wrist, foot and other injuries in relation to Roman crucifixion and the Gospel accounts.
CHAPTER 13 · BOOK P. 228The Lower-Abdominal ProtrusionExplore possible explanations for the lower-abdominal contour, the limits of the evidence, and how the hypothesis could be tested.
CHAPTER 14 · BOOK P. 243The Hours Between Cross and TombTrace the removal from the cross, handling of the body and burial preparations.
CHAPTER 15 · BOOK P. 262The Empty WrappingsRead the burial and resurrection narratives alongside the book’s discussion of the linen wrappings.
CHAPTER 16 · BOOK P. 275The Hidden ThreadExplore a clickable timeline from 33 AD to 2026, with pop-ups and longer readings.
CHAPTER 17 · BOOK P. 303Faces Through the CenturiesExplore the Pantocrator, Byzantine coinage and the Pray Manuscript as proposed iconographic parallels.
CHAPTER 18 · BOOK P. 317The InterfaceMeet the researchers and instruments of the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project.
CHAPTER 19 · BOOK P. 337The Radiocarbon ParadoxExamine the 1988 sampling, the published 1260–1390 date range and later challenges and debate.
CHAPTER 20 · BOOK P. 361The Physics of an Impossible ImageCompare hypotheses about image formation with observations and experiments discussed in the book.
CHAPTER 21 · BOOK P. 383The Unforgeable ForgeryConsider the book’s challenge to forgery explanations and the continuing debate over the cloth’s origin.