To: pantherskincreek
While it is possible to produce a similar image with materials available in the Medieval period, forgers at that time had no reason to make such an elaborate fake. In those times even a simple painted image would have sufficed, so why go to the time and trouble to produce an image that defied explanation even with 20th century techniques? Working backward to produce an image from an existing artifact would be quite different than a Medieval forger developing a technique from scratch to make such an image.
26 posted on
10/05/2009 3:05:44 PM PDT by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: The Great RJ
While it is possible to produce a similar image with materials available in the Medieval period, forgers at that time had no reason to make such an elaborate fake. Not so quick... what if one of them had a prophetic vision of the big bucks you could get on eBay for the item?
30 posted on
10/05/2009 3:12:44 PM PDT by
MrDem
(And this is a loyal lifelong Democrat saying this... Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
To: The Great RJ
While it is possible to produce a similar image with materials available in the Medieval period, forgers at that time had no reason to make such an elaborate fake. In those times even a simple painted image would have sufficed, so why go to the time and trouble to produce an image that defied explanation even with 20th century techniques? Working backward to produce an image from an existing artifact would be quite different than a Medieval forger developing a technique from scratch to make such an image.You're correct.
31 posted on
10/05/2009 3:47:19 PM PDT by
john in springfield
(One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe such things.No ordinary man could be such a fool.)
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