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B Fact - Traditional dimensions of the TS [Shroud of Turin] of
Traditional dimensions of the TS [Shroud of Turin] of 436 x 110 cm (Baima Bollone 1978) are changed after 2002 "restoration": one side (the lower considering horizontal the body image, with the frontal side on the left) measured 437.7 cm in 2000 and 441.5 cm in 2002; the opposite side measured 434.5 in 2000 and 442.5 in 2002; its height of 112.5 and 113 cm respectively on the left and on the right in 2000 but 113.0 and 113.7 cm in 2002 (Ghiberti 2002). A measurement made in 1868 by Gastaldi (Baima Bollone 1978) reports the following dimensions: 410 x 140 cm (Scarpelli 1983).
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