Why this husband commissioned a sculpture of his wife's rotting body
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Secondo Pia's 1898 negative of the image on the Shroud of Turin, which has since been used as part of the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. Image from Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne. When viewed in negative, the faint markings on the cloth appear with striking clarity, revealing a luminous, life-sized face with closed eyes, framed by long hair and a beard. The features are symmetrical and solemn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin#/media/File:Secundo_Pia_Turinske_platno_1898.jpg
Medieval Scholar Called Out the Shroud of Turin as a Fake, Study Finds
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