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The Shroud of Turin: blood or artist's pigment?

Walter C. McCrone, 1990. Accounts of Chemical Research 23(3): 77-83.

Microscopy of STURP tape samples reporting red ochre and vermilion in a collagen binder, and concluding the image and the "blood" are painted.

MYS0CWY2AP6167X · mystery · click to copyMShroud of TurinArticledoi: 10.1021/ar00171a004Checked against the original0

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The painting reading from the same samples.

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McCrone, W. C. (1990). The Shroud of Turin: blood or artist's pigment?. Accounts of Chemical Research 23(3): 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar00171a004
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