Krzysztof Pilarczyk Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.11 Karwowski Stanisław Ignacy Antoni from Karwów of Pniejnia (Cwaliny) coat-of-arms was a Polish physician, doctor of medical sciences at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, specialising in laryngology. Between 1934 and 1936, he worked at the Department of Laryngology at Charles University Read more…
Krzysztof Pilarczyk Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.3 The traces on the Shroud of Turin represent a man subjected to torment and crucifixion before death. These traces must be contrasted with the Jewish burial rites that were in force at the end of the so-called Second Temple period (i.e. the Read more…
Roman Bogacz Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland Władysław Sinkiewicz Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.2 The account in the canonical gospels of Jesus’ trial, passion and death on the cross (Mattt 26:47–68; 27:1–2, 11–49; Mark 14:43–65, 15:1–37; Luke 22:39–53.63-65; 23:13–34.44–46; John 18:12–19, 37) presents the Read more…
Roman Bogacz Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.1 To describe the shroud as a burial cloth, the Evangelists used two terms: ἡ σινδών and τό ὀθόνιον. These are not precise. In Greek, the former means a thin linen or cotton cloth; also, a garment of such fabric, Read more…