From Lumiere Technology: Imagine on a huge 165 cm (65 inch) plasma screen, a master-work from your collection revealed at 240 Mega Pixels definition from UV to Infrareds and compared side by side with the original thanks to the astonishing results of its multispectral digitization ! (Hat Tip to John Klotz)
This technology has been around for about four years and proving useful. What might we learn about the Shroud of Turin?
According to the AFP:
In Poland a team of French experts is studying a picture by Leonardo da Vinci and making some unexpected discoveries. The painting is the Lady with an Ermine in Krakow’s Czartoryski museum. The team has invented a camera which makes it possible to inspect the canvas minutely without touching it and discover details invisible to the naked eye.
Dan,
For one thing this technology allows the identification of the chemical composition of any particular point on the Shroud were it employed on the Shroud. It does so essentially without affecting the Shroud and the results available in a digital format are then available indefinitely. There were similar studies made by STURP. The Quad mosaics were a rough analogy but they did not have the ability to allow specification of materials, only differences in gross composition. A rough analogy would be the ability of the VP-8 analyzer to convert differences of intensity into a tree dimensional representation of the object.
The most directly relevant STURP test may have been Heller and Adler using the spectrum of Methemogloben to identify ancient blood. It might also be possible to identify the the presence or absence of Vanillin at various places on the Shroud. Maybe we could do Arizona’s remaining sample and whatever is left of he Gonella hold back.
The process would work on large areas or microscopic. It would all be one digital file recording the chemical composition of each point of the globe. We might also be able to back track and create views at various points of its history.
It would require some adaptation of the equipment. Incidentally., a presentation of this methodology was made 14 years ago at a Shroud conference. http://www.shroud.com/pdfs/grndfest.pdf
Two years ago, I was examined for a tear on my retina. It wasn’t until I saw the Grunfest article a few months ago that I realized that digital spectrum photography was used in identifying the problem and directing the hand of the ophthalmologist that operated on my eye.
I am believe that this was one of the proposals to Turin that was never acted upon.
This is completely non destructive. Whatever comes out of this line or research would definitely be beneficial. Didn’t Barry Schwortz suggest something similar a while back?
Barry was involved professionally with Dr. Grundfest whose presentation is cited above (http://www.shroud.com/pdfs/grndfest.pdf). I would hope that it might be something to be addressed at the St. Louis conference in October..
Thanks for the link, Barrie is mentioned there. I hope they do look further into this.