Discovery of inscriptions on the shroud of Turin by digital image processing

Andre Marion

doi:10.1117/1.601752

1 August 1998 Discovery of inscriptions on the shroud of Turin by digital image processing

Andre Marion

Optical Engineering, Vol. 37, Issue 8, (August 1998). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601752

Almost invisible Latin and Greek inscriptions were discovered on the shroud of Turin around the image of the face. This result was obtained by using digital image processing techniques. An original method is developed to eliminate the texture of the cloth and also to combine data from different photographs or from the same plate digitized under various conditions. According to some paleographists, the revealed characters are thought to date back to before the Middle Ages. This conclusion could be a new argument in favor of the authenticity of the shroud.

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Andre Marion "Discovery of inscriptions on the shroud of Turin by digital image processing," Optical Engineering 37(8), (1 August 1998). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601752

Published: 1 August 1998

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