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To: SeekAndFind

Supposedly the small snippet selected for dating may have been from a repair that was done about that time. As far as I know the Church has not authorized a second test from another area of the shroud.


9 posted on 06/08/2011 6:11:33 PM PDT by CedarDave (I agree with Obama's immigration comments in El Paso: We do need moats filled with alligators)
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To: CedarDave; SeekAndFind; Swordmaker

“Supposedly the small snippet selected for dating may have been from a repair that was done about that time.”


Not exactly. From what I recall (and, Swordmaker, please correct me if I’m wrong), the snippet included both part of the original cloth and strands of linen used by nuns in the 1500s or so for a “French weave” to sew up a portion of the cloth that was tearing. Carbon-dating ended up with results for a time period that was in between the time period of the original cloth and that of the Medieval stitching. And I recall reading that some smaller samples that had been taken had yielded widely diverging carbon dates, providing additional evidence that that section of the Shroud did not solely include the original cloth.


36 posted on 06/08/2011 6:49:46 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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