The Turin Shroud : optical research in the past present and future international schools as agents for change / / G. Fanti and R. Basso

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953147203321
• Autore: Fanti G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2008
• ISBN: 1-61668-122-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (98 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BassoR
• Disciplina: 232.96/6
• Soggetti: Holy Shroud
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [77]-82) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- THE TURIN SHROUD:OPTICAL RESEARCH IN THE PAST,PRESENT, AND FUTURE -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. WHAT IS THE TURIN SHROUD -- 1.2. BRIEF HISTORY -- 1.3. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS -- 1.4. OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS -- 1.5. BODY IMAGE FORMATION HYPOTHESES -- 1.6. OPTICAL RESEARCH: LIMITS AND PERSPECTIVES -- OPTICAL RESEARCH: THE PAST -- 2.1. THE NEGATIVITY OF THE BODY IMAGEFROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF S. PIA OF 1989 -- 2.2. THE ORTHOCHROMATIC ENRIE'SPHOTOGRAPHS OF 1931 -- 2.3. The Multi-Spectral Judica Cordiglia's Photographs of 1969 -- 2.4. THE M. FREI MICROSCOPICANALYSIS OF STICKY TAPES OF 1973 -- 2.5. THE P. GASTINEAU PHOTO-RELIEF OF 1974 -- 2.6. SOME OPTICAL ANALYSES MADEBY THE STURP IN 1978 -- 2.6.A. X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry -- 2.6.B. Low-Energy Radiography -- 2.6.C. Photoelectric Spectrometry -- 2.6.D. Thermographic Investigation -- 2.6.E. Reflected UV and Visible photography -- 2.6.F. Photography in Transmitted and Reflected Visible Light -- 2.6.G. Direct Macroscopic Visual Inspection -- 2.6.H. Direct Microscopic Visual Inspection -- 2.6.I. Microscopic Analysis of Sticky Tapes -- 2.6.J. 3-D Features of the Body Image -- 2.7. PHOTOMETRIC AND COLORIMETRICMEASUREMENTS BY ARTOM AND SOARDO IN 1978 -- 2.8. PRESENCE OF COINS DETECTED FROM 1982? -- 2.9. PRESENCE OF INSCRIPTIONS? -- 2.10. THE PHOTO-RELIEF -- 2.11. THE POLARIZED IMAGE OVERLAY TECHNIQUE -- OPTICAL RESEARCH: THE PRESENT -- 3.1. FTIR MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ; ANALYSIS -- 3.2. COMPUTERIZED BODY IMAGECLEANING AND RECONSTRUCTION -- 3.2.A. Contrast Enhancement -- 3.2.B. Image Cleaning -- 3.2.C. Image Reconstruction -- 3.3. COMPARISON OF IMAGES WRAPPING SOLIDS ANDEVALUATION OF A SHEET CONFIGURATION -- 3.3.A. Verification of the TS Body Image Wrapping -- 3.3.B. Evaluation of the Configuration of the TS Around the Man.; 3.3.C. Correction of the Bloodstain Position in the Body Image -- 3.4. LUMINANCE ANALYSIS OF IMAGES -- 3.5. OPTICAL FILTERING TO EVIDENCE THE DOUBLESUPERFICIALITY OF THE BODY IMAGE -- 3.6. MTF TECHNIQUE APPLIED TO THE TS -- 3.7. DETAIL CHARACTERIZATIONBY MEANS OF COLOR ANALYSIS -- 3.8. COMPARISON OF IMAGES ACQUIREDWITH DIFFERENT LIGHT SPECTRA -- 3.9. IMAGES OVERLAPPING:OPTICAL DISTORTIONS AND DETAIL ANALYSIS -- 3.10. OPTICAL COMPARISON OFCOMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES -- 3.11. DISCUSSION -- OPTICAL RESEARCH: THE FUTURE -- 4.1. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT WILL BE DONE? -- 4.2. Optics for the TS Conservation -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: The aim of this work is to summarise the important contribution furnished by Optics in the studies of the TS (Turin Shroud) made in more than a century of researches and tests.