limits of such contamination and its effect upon the radiocarbon age. Other sources of C14 enrichment that have been proposed are quite unacceptable from the viewpoint of the physical processes involved

it was quite wrong that radiocarbon dating should have been expected to give any definitive answer concerning the Shroud’s authenticity. This provoked lively discussion, and after a tea interval

Commission, the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project (or STURP), and the now-famous 1988 radiocarbon dating of the Shroud. (Wilson 1978) Turning to the image on the cloth, one’s eyes are

scientists keen to radiocarbon date the Shroud. They had even talked of holding a workshop to discuss this. Immediately Gonella heard of the plan, he insisted that any such gathering be held in Turin,

The radiocarbon sampling area had been dyed to match the old part of the cloth. The sample chosen for dating was totally invalid for determining the true age of the Shroud. 6) How do you know that

and from Cardinal Saldarini in Turin, together with addresses by Kevin Moran, by Dorothy Crispino (who gave a history of the Holy Shroud Guild), and, as a surprise contributor, by Dr. Eric Jumper,

also as fig 24, p.189 in my Blood and the Shroud), its whereabouts have always been a little uncertain. Now we positively know that it has remained in the Turin Archbishopric's care, and could be used

Relic, Icon or Hoax? Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud", Institute of Physics Publishing (U.K.). 336 pages .Some color photographs. By the scientist most responsible for the development of the AMS method

in a manner to falsify carbon dating calculations.” [ibid, p.15] This scientific result has several important implications for the case of the Turin Shroud: 1.Secondary radiocarbon, once induced

Gove, Relic, Icon or Hoax? Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia, 1996, 336 pages, including Index. 8 pages of colour photographs. Other b & w photographs