Contents Chapter IOverview and Specific Entries 1. The Shroud of Jesus in the New Testament 2. Exegetical and Medical Aspects of Jesus’ Death and Their Coherence with the Shroud 3. Jewish Burial Customs and the Shroud 4. Patristic, Apocryphal Literature and Itineraries and Selected Artefacts about the Shroud and Images of Jesus 5. The Shroud in Constantinople 6. Templars and the Shroud 7. The Shroud in the de Charny Family and Disputes Over Its Authenticity 8. The Shroud in the Hands of the House of Savoy 9. The Shroud in Turin 9.1. The Confraternity of the Holy Shroud in Turin 9.2. International Syndonological Centre in Turin 9.3. Popes before the Shroud in Turin 10. Polish Syndonological Centre 11. Semiotics and Semiology of the Shroud 12. The Shroud in the Liturgies 12.1. The Epitaphios 13. The Shroud as a Prototype for the Depiction of Jesus 13.1. The Shroud and the Convention of the Mandylion 13.2. The Shroud and Imago Pietatis Chapter IIHistory of the Research on the Shroud 1. The Shroud of Turin—Physical Description 2. Physical Analyses of the Shroud 2.1. Photographs of the Shroud 2.2. The Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP) 2.3. Hypotheses of the Origin of the Image on the Shroud 2.4. Determination of the Age of the Shroud 3. Chemical Analyses of the Shroud 3.1. Blood on the Shroud 4. Polish Syndonology 5. Comparative Analyses 5.1. The Veil of Manoppello 5.2. The Tilma of Guadalupe 5.3. The Sudarium of Oviedo 5.4. The Tunic of Argenteuil 5.5. The Shroud and the Image from the Apparitions of Saint Faustina Chapter IIICalendar of Events Chapter IVPeople & Places Argenteuil Borromeo Charles Chmiel Jerzy Dołęga-Chodasiewicz Jerzy Edessa Enrie Giuseppe Fanti Giulio Fenrych Władysław Filas Francis Heller John Herbert Karwowski Stanisław Constantinople Ładzina Wanda Manoppello Oviedo Pia Secondo Prószyński Kazimierz Scavone Daniel C. Schwortz Barrie Marshall Tepeyac (Guadalupe) Waliszewski Stanisław Ziółkowski Zenon Piotr Chapter VPolish Syndonological Bibliography