![]() ![]() DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, who blessed the new exhibit with The linen, made from flax grown in Bergamo, Italy, was used by Lino Val Gandino to produce the shroud during the coronavirus pandemic inĬardinal Daniel N. The shroud replica is just one of seven authentic reproductions recently made available by Turin officials for public display around the world. Visitors have room to view the shroud up close, a certified linen reproduction gifted to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston from the Archdiocese of Turin, Italy. The shroud exposition sits adjacent to the museum’s lengthy exhibit on the death of the popes and features two life-size, back-lit screen displays of the shroud’s photonegative scans from official studies. But the large diamond-shaped spearhead is bigger than expected and was used to violently thrust upward into the sides of the crucified rather than a slash usually depicted. Based on the wounds indicated on the shroud, the thorns covered the head and extended into the neck.Īlso, in a nearby case, the expected long wooden shaft of a Roman spear. Rather than a “crown” of thorns, a replica of what Roman soldiers created is called a “helmet of thorns” displayed in a case. The new exhibit, the only permanent display of the shroud in the U.S., reveals a few surprises. ![]() Across on a wall of the compact space, a 14-foot replica of the well-known Shroud of Turin looms as the possible burial cloth of Jesus. The dark, bronze-colored resin statue highlights a gaping hole in his side, in each of his wrists, his feet and other wounds. Sculpted by Italian artist Luigi Enzo Mattei, the body shows some of the suffering endured but in a subdued manner. Entering a cavelike entrance, visitors at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston confront a life-size statue lying in the tomb, a replica of the man’s body image from the Shroud of Turin. ![]()
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