Krzysztof Pilarczyk Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.17 Polish engineer, mechanic, inventor and constructor of film apparatus, pioneer of world cinematography, murdered during World War II by the Germans in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp at the age of 69. In 1932, he published the first Polish pamphlet entitled The Unheard-of Read more…
Wojciech Kucewicz AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.6 Was an Italian professional photographer. He was born in Ceresole Alba, near Turin. From 1911 he worked as a professional portrait photographer in the Piedmont’s capital and worked as a representative of the second wave of Italian Futurism (late Read more…
Wojciech Kucewicz AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.2.3 The first photograph of the Shroud taken by →Secondo Pia in 1898 is a turning point for hypotheses explaining the origin of the image on it. Prior to it, there were Read more…
Wojciech Kucewicz AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.2.1 It can be assumed that scientific research of the Shroud began when the first photograph of it was taken, which was done on 28 May 1898 by the lawyer and amateur Read more…
Zbigniew Treppa University of Gdansk, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.13 In Christian iconography, there are various canons of depicting the image of Christ. It was not until the late 1930s that the origins of the images of Christ began to be scientifically clarified. In 1902, the French scholar Paul Vignon, in his work Read more…
Marcin Grala Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.8 Determining when exactly the Shroud became the property of the Dukes of Savoy and Piedmont poses difficulties. Margaret de Charny, the previous possessor of the relics, had been seeking to transfer the linen into the right hands since the Read more…