On 21 April 1988 THREE samples were taken from the linen of the Holy Shroud to be dated by the radiocarbon method. Cardinal Ballestrero, Archbishop of Turin and Custode of the Shroud, was present by the

The dating of the Holy Shroud: Summary of the Carbon 14 affair.” The Catholic Counter Reformation in the XXth Century. June, 1989, no. 220, pp. 26-34. But see all of his publications from 1988--many

casting doubt on the accuracy of the 1988 date. Observations on the lignin could be confirmed with samples from the "restoration"; however, such samples are jealously guarded in Turin. The tape samples

Oxford Research Laboratory on 7th July 1988 in company with Susan Black of the BSTS Steering Committee. The date was notably after Professor Hall and others had been to Turin and viewed the Shroud (

Scienza e Vita Nuova n. 3, March 1988). It must be finally considered that as from the 60's the nuclear explosions in the atmosphere have provoked an increase until 100% of radioactivity in atmospheric

Source: Gove’s book: Relic, Icon or Hoax: Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud (Bristol and Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1996, pg. 22). Comments: Although McCrone later accepted outright

that the Shroud is just a medieval forgery due to the 1988 C-14 dating, the manner in which the restoration was planned and executed was irresponsible. It is all the more disconcerting given the fact

archaeologist and author of an important carbon dating paper that predated the 1988 testing by several years. They were added to replace the three AM*STAR board members who passed away in the last two

Back in early 1988 - and before the samples for carbon dating had even been taken - there was published in the U.K. a strangely prophetic novel: The Legacy of the Shroud written by Dr. Raymond Leonard,

Noted Shroud researcher's 1988 point of view on the carbon dating. Click to view a List of Books and DVDs by Emanuela Marinelli and other authors. Editions are available in seven different languages.