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Comment on Wikipedia Text: Radiocarbon dating
. . . in referece to the wikipedia text,
Radiocarbon dating
The first part of the parenthetical phrase, "(people think that the material used may have come from one of the patches used to repair it from fire in 1532 - all the patches were removed during a restoration in June 2002)" is simply incorrect. A careful review of the peer-reviewed and authoritative literature shows that researchers think that
the patch was an "invisible reweaving" prior to the fire damage. The patches used to repair the fire damage are crude and unmistakable.
According to researchers Sue Benford and Joe Marino . . .
It is our premise that the reinforcement with 16th Century material occurred following the removal of the 5 ˝ inch x 3 ˝ inch section of cloth adjacent to the C-14 sample. This may have occurred as a result of the will and testament bequeath, drawn up on February 20th, 1508, by the Duchess of Savoy, Margaret of Austria, who wanted to leave a portion of the Shroud to her church (Wilson, 1998:67, 287). Margaret died around the beginning of 1531 (BSTS Newsletter, no. 51, June 2000, pg. 43), at which time her last will and testament was executed. We propose that it included the excision of the 5 ˝ inch x 3 ˝ inch section. Supporting this timeline of events is empirical testing by Adler, which compelled him to conclude that the ‘missing panels were already missing at the time of the 1532 fire’” (Adler, 1997:104).
The rest of the statement in
Radiocarbon dating
is correct.
But, as with the discussion of possible image formation explanations, Wikipedia mixes theories that are scientifically possible with those that are scientifically preposterous.
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