Jan S. Jaworski University of Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.19 American photographer and film producer, official photographer documenting the work of the Shroud of Turin Research Project (→STURP), populariser of knowledge about the Shroud of Turin primarily as founder of the oldest and largest website dedicated to the Shroud, and the Shroud Read more…
Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.7 (born 1956 in Padua, Italy), Doctor of Engineering (University of Padua, 1982), university teacher. Since 1989, he has worked at the University of Padua, currently as professor (Italian: professore associato confermato) in the Department of Industrial Engineering. One of the founders Read more…
Jan S. Jaworski University of Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.10 American biophysicist, professor of medical sciences, internationally renowned specialist in the reticuloendothelial system (nowadays known as the macrophage system), co-author of the pioneering work confirming the presence of authentic blood on the Shroud of Turin. He was born on 28 November 1921 Read more…
Jan S. Jaworski University of Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.3 The chemical studies were conducted to determine the chemical composition of the various ‘marks’ visible on the Shroud: body image, blood stains, water stains and burns. The research involved both the qualitative and quantitative determination of the content of various elements and 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.2.4 A separate problem that intrigues researchers is the age of the Shroud. Its documented history is known from 1356, when the crusader Geoffrey de Charny gave it to the canons in Read more…
Jan S. Jaworski University of Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.2.2 The Shroud of Turin Research Project is the name given to the comprehensive, primarily physico-chemical, study of the Shroud of Turin carried out by dozens of American scientists who obtained permission from the Shroud’s owner (former King Humberto II of Italy) and Read more…