SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Silvano Scannerini Botany and Microbiology
Piero Savarino Industrial Organic Chemistry
Man Adler Analytical Chemistry
Pier Luigi Baima Bollone Forensic Pathology
Nello Balossino Computer Sdence
Bruno Barberis Mathematical Physics
Metchild Flury-Lemberg Andent Textiles
Giuseppe Ghiberti New Testament Exegesis
Gian Maria Zaccone History
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Pier Luigi Baima Bollone
Nello Balossino
Bruno Barberis
Giuseppe Ghiberti
Gian Maria Zaccone
SECRETARY
Sandra Milano
Giorgio Ravizza
Thursday 2. March
14.00 RECEPTION - ACCOMMODATION at VILLA GUALINO
16.00 SYMPOSIUM OPENING
17.00 Introductory Talk
Mechthild FLURY LEMBERG:
The Shroud fabric: technical and archaeological characteristics
17.50 Session t (part 1)
THE BODY IMAGE ON THE TURIN SHROUD
chairperson: Bruno BARBERIS
18.00 1.1) Man ADLER:
The Shroud fabric and the body image: chemical and physical characteristics
18.30 1.2) Ron JENKINS:
X-ray radiography and fluorescence on the Shroud
20.00 DINNER
Friday 3, March
7.00-8.00 BREAKFAST
8.30 Transfer to Twin Cathedral (where the Shroud is kept)
12.00 Return to VILLA GUALINO
13.00 LUNCH
14.50 Session 1. (part 2)
THE BODY IMAGE ON THE TURIN SHROUD
chairperson: Bruno BARBERIS
15.00 1.3) Paolo SOARDO:
Colourimetry of the Shroud
15.30 1.4) Samuel PELLICORI:
UV/ Visible fluorescence spectra and visible fluorescence photography on the Shroud:
a critical review
16.00 1.5) Nello BALOSSINO:
Computer processing of the body image
16.30 1.6) Pierluigi BAIMA BOLLONE:
Images of extraneous objects on the Shroud
17.00 COFFEE BREAK
17.30 ROUND TABLE (1):
How was the body image formed?
chairperson: Silvano SCANNERINI
Discussants (5 minutes each):
B. BARBERIS, J. CARDAMONE, F. DE BLASE,
J. JACKSON, V. PESCE DELFINO, E. PRAMAUR
P. SAVARINO, P. VERCELL, J. VIRLET, A.
WHANCER, RODANTE, TESTORE
18.30-19.30 GENERAL DISCUSSION on Session 1.
20.00 DINNER
Saturday 4, March
7.00 - 8.00 BREAKFAST
8.20 Session 2.
THE BLOOD MARKS ON THE TURIN SHROUD
Chairperson: Mechthild FLURY LEMBERG
8.30 2.1) Pierluigi BAIMA BOLLONE:
Forensic characteristics of the blood marks
9.00 2.2) Alan ADLER:
Chemical and physical characteristics of the blood marks
9.30 2.2) Marcello CANALE:
Identification and patterns of the DNA traces
10.00 2.4) Frederick T. ZUGIBE:
Forensic and clinical knowledge of the practice of crucifixion
10.30 COFFEE BREAK
11.00 ROUND TABLE (2):
What does the study of the blood marks tell us about the man of the Shroud?
Chairperson: Silvano SCANNERINI
Discussants (5 minutes each):
J, CARDAMONE, F. DE BLASE, A. FIORI, E. PRAMAURO, P. SAVARINO
11.30-12.30 GENERAL DISCUSSION on Session 2.
13.00 LUNCH
14.50 Session 3.
THE HISTORY OF THE TURIN SHROUD
chairperson: Pierluigi BAIMA BOLLONE
15.00 3.1) Giuseppe GHIBERTI:
Shroud and Gospels
15.30 3.2) Gino ZANINOTTO:
The Shroud and the practice of cruxfixion
16.00 3.3) Karlheinz DIETZ:
Some hypotheses about the ancient history of the Shroud
16.30 COFFEE BREAK
17.00 3.4) Gian Maria ZACCONE:
The Shroud from the de Charnys to the Savoys
17.30 3.5) Heinrich PFEIFFER:
The Shroud in pictorial documents and copies
18.00 ROUND TABLE (3):
Does the historical documentation on the Shroud justify further research into its
existence before the fourteenth century?
chairperson: Piero SAVARINO
Discussants (5 minutes each):
J. JACKSON, P. KASWALDER, W. MEACHAM,
D. RAFFARD DE BRIENNE, I. WILSON
18.30-19.30 GENERAL DISCUSSION on Session 3,
20.00 Transfer to Restaurant (City Centre)
20.30 Symposium Banquet
Sunday 5. March
7.00 - 8.00 BREAKFAST
8.20 Session 4.
ORIGINS AND AGE OF THE TURIN SHROUD
chairperson: Karlheinz DIETZ
8.30 4.1) William MEACHAM:
The debate on the radiocarbon dating of the Shroud
9.00 4.2) Robert OTLET:
Present situation of radiocarbon dating
9.30 4.3) Andrej A. IVANOV:
Chambčry fire, microbial population and radiocarbon dating of the Shroud
10.00 4.4) Avinoam DANIN:
Micro-traces of plants as geographical markers
10.30 COFFEEBREAK
11.00 ROUND TABLE (4):
Are tile radiocarbon results on tile Shroud conclusive evidence of its medieval
date?
chairperson: Piero SAVARINO
Discussants (5 minutes each):
A. ADLER, J. EVIN, A. GIOVANNINL L. GONELLA,
J. JACKSON, M. MORONL Y. SAILLARD1
S. SCANNERINI
11.45- 12.45 GENERAL DISCUSSION on Session 4
13.15 LUNCH
14.45 Final Session
GENERAL DEBATE:
THE SHROUD: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Chairmen: Silvano SCANNERINI - Piero SAVARINO
17.30 COFFE BREAK
18.00 Silvano SCANNERINI - Piero SAVARINO:
Conclusions of the Symposium
19.00 DINNER
19.45 Transfer to SS. SUDARIO (Holy Shroud) Church
(City Centre)
· Possibility to attend HOLY MASS
· Optional Visit to the Holy Shroud Museum
21.30 Folk Musk Concert (at SS. SUDARIO Church)
Monday 6. March
7.00-8.30: BREAKFAST
Morning: DEPARTURES |
