[mtbopfuyn]

Anatomically correct but the front and back are different sizes. The measurements aren't consistant meaning each side was made separately. As to your #2, I find it hard to believe people before the 20th century were as ignorant as they're made out to be.

[Alberta's Child]

Anatomically correct but the front and back are different sizes. The measurements aren't consistant meaning each side was made separately. As to your #2, I find it hard to believe people before the 20th century were as ignorant as they're made out to be.

So let me get this straight . . . This image was created by a forger from the Middle Ages who was astute enough to include anatomically correct details about: 1) the placement of nails in the wrists instead of the palms, and 2) the results of reflexive actions in the thumbs caused by severed nerves in the wrists -- but wasn't smart enough to make both sides of the image the same size???

[Alberta's Child]

I would expect the image on the front to be larger than the one on the rear. If this is the case, then I would consider this point to be a strong piece of evidence in support of the Shroud's authenticity.

[Swordmaker]

Anatomically correct but the front and back are different sizes. The measurements aren't consistant meaning each side was made separately. As to your #2, I find it hard to believe people before the 20th century were as ignorant as they're made out to be.

What gave you the idea that dorsal and frontal measurements of human bodies had to be identical? Mapping an actual human body (living) on a matching sized cloth, lying in the position indicated by the image on the Shroud resulted in EXACTLY the same measurements. This has been repeated and published in peer reviewed scientific publications. Ergo, the measurements are consistent with the Shroud images being made at the same time from the same body.