Le Linceul du Christ; Étude scientiftque The Shroud of Christ

Abstract

WHETHER the relic described, figured and discussed in this handsomely got up volume is the veritable shroud which enwrapped the body of Christ is a question which need not be seriously considered in the columns of a scientific publication. Dr. Vignon seems to have convinced himself that the relic is genuine, and his object in publishing this work is (presumably) to convince his readers, or at any rate to place before them the evidence on which his conclusions are based. So far as the antiquarian evidence goes, it will suffice to remind readers of NATURE that during the recent controversy: which appears to have been the last of a series of controversies concerning the authenticity of the relic in question--Father Herbert Thurston, S.J., communicated a letter to the Times of April 28, from which we make a few extracts:—

Le Linceul du Christ; Étude scientiftque.

By Paul Vignon Dr. è Sci. Nat. Pp. 207 and 9 photogravures. (Paris: Masson et Cie, 1902.)

The Shroud of Christ.

By Paul Vignon. Translated from the French. Pp. 170; 9 photogravures and collotype plates and 38 illustrations. (Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., Ltd., 1902). Price 12s. 6d. net.