Original sentence: ) However, none of these reports have been connected with certainty to the current cloth held in the Turin cathedral.They interpret this as ΟΨ—ops "face" + ΣΚΙΑ—skia "shadow", though the inital letter is missing
Edited sentence: ) A certain difficulty was caused by the existence elsewhere of other Shrouds similarly impressed with the figure of Jesus Christ and some of these cloths, notably those of Besançon, Cadouin, Champiègne, Xabregas, etc., also claimed to be the authentic linen sindon provided by Joseph of Arimathea.30, why should it have retained its brilliance through countless journeys and changes of climate for fifteen centuries, and then in four centuries more have become almost invisible.; the representation no doubt was made exactly life size.Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.As for the good proportions and æsthetic effect, two things may be noted.As the word sudarium suggested, it was painted to represent the impression made by the sweat of Christ, i.Die nobis Maria, quid vidisti in via.First, that it is highly probable that the artist used a model to determine the length and position of the limbs, etc.From the scientific point of view, however, the difficulty of the "negative" impression on the cloth is not so serious as it seems.However, none of these reports have been connected with certainty to the current cloth held in the Turin cathedral.On the other hand if it be a fabrication of the 14th century, this fading is exactly what we should expect.On the supposition that this is an authentic relic dating from the year A.The difficulty must be noticed that while descriptions from fifteenth and early sixteenth century witnesses speak of the image as being then so vivid that the blood seemed freshly shed, it is now darkened and hardly recognizable without minute attention.They interpret this as ΟΨ—ops "face" + ΣΚΙΑ—skia "shadow", though the initial letter is missing.This Shroud like the others was probably painted without fraudulent intent to aid the dramatic setting of the Easter sequence:.This yellow stain would turn brown in the course of centuries, the darkening process being aided by the effects of fire and sun.Thus, the lights of the original picture would become the shadow of Paleotto's reproduction of the images on the shroud is printed in two colours, pale yellow and red.probably in a yellowish tint upon unbrilliant red