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A New Document on the Appearance of the Shroud of Turin from Nicole Oresme: Fighting False Relics and False Rumours in the Fourteenth Century

Nicolas Sarzeaud, 2025. Journal of Medieval History 51(5): 604-621.

Publishes a passage by the theologian Nicole Oresme (d. 1382) on fraudulent relics that the author reads as an early, critical reference to the cloth shown at Lirey in Champagne.

MYS0CWY2AP6167X · mystery · click to copyMShroud of TurinArticledoi: 10.1080/03044181.2025.2546884Checked against the original0

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The 2025 documentary evidence on the cloth's first appearance.

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Sarzeaud, N. (2025). A New Document on the Appearance of the Shroud of Turin from Nicole Oresme: Fighting False Relics and False Rumours in the Fourteenth Century. Journal of Medieval History 51(5): 604-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2025.2546884
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