Abstract

This article introduces three research papers discussing various scientific tests run on the Shroud of Turin—an ancient piece of linen that appears to bear faint images of a man's body. It also briefly reviews the chemical, photographic, and x-ray tests not dealt with in the three research papers, which are concerned with optical and IR spectroscopy and thermography.

© 1980 Optical Society of America

Infrared reflectance spectroscopy and thermographic investigations of the Shroud of Turin

J. S. Accetta and J. Stephen Baumgart
Appl. Opt. 19(12) 1921-1929 (1980)

Blood on the Shroud of Turin

John H. Heller and Alan D. Adler
Appl. Opt. 19(16) 2742-2744 (1980)

Ultraviolet–visible reflectance and fluorescence spectra of the Shroud of Turin

Roger Gilbert and Marion M. Gilbert
Appl. Opt. 19(12) 1930-1936 (1980)

Spectral properties of the Shroud of Turin

S. F. Pellicori
Appl. Opt. 19(12) 1913-1920 (1980)

Analysis of UV photographs of the Shroud of Turin

Thomas McAvoy
Appl. Opt. 58(25) 6958-6965 (2019)