# The linen was made between about AD 1260 and 1390, as the 1988 radiocarbon dating found.

> Most likely: The linen was made between about AD 1260 and 1390, as the 1988 radiocarbon dating found.

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# The linen was made between about AD 1260 and 1390, as the 1988 radiocarbon dating found.

The linen was made between about AD 1260 and 1390, as the 1988 radiocarbon dating found.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: four pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The dated threads are representative of the main cloth.
- Re-dating of other parts of the cloth gives the same range.
- The documentary record begins in the fourteenth century.

## What would rule it out

- New radiocarbon dates from several documented points on the main cloth, with published raw data, that fall well outside the medieval range.

## Evidence 4 for · 1 against

[A piece of the Arizona sample shows no dye, coating or sign of not being main cloth.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2JG646DN/a-piece-of-the-arizona-sample-shows-no-dye-coating-or-sign)

Supported

FOR

[The cloth first appears in fourteenth-century Champagne and is criticised there as a false relic.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2JZT7YXP/the-cloth-first-appears-in-fourteenth-century-champagne-and)

Supported

FOR

[Three laboratories, with controls, gave AD 1260-1390 at 95% confidence.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2J8C46QD/three-laboratories-with-controls-gave-ad-1260-1390-at-95)

Established

FOR

[Two further Arizona fragments are flax consistent with the main body, with no cotton or contamination.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2JR01BKH/two-further-arizona-fragments-are-flax-consistent-with-the)

Supported

FOR

[The raw Shroud measurements are heterogeneous where the controls are not.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2K7M0BS4/the-raw-shroud-measurements-are-heterogeneous-where-the)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[When was the linen of the Shroud made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2H1A0BGE/when-was-the-linen-of-the-shroud-made)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The linen was made between about AD 1260 and 1390, as the 1988 radiocarbon dating found. [Answer ANS0CWY2J0J1N46]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CWY2J0J1N46
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