HOLY SUDARIUM OF OVIEDO

The holy Sudarium of Oviedo is a funerary linen which was wrapped around the head of a crucified person a few minutes after his death. Researches show that the head was in a vertical position slightly bent forward and right. Then, it was moved by a foreign hand in order to control the blood which flowed from the nose. They put the head in supine position. The Man of the Sudarium suffered a great pulmonary oedema and lost more than one and a half litre of blood type AB as a consequence of the terminal process. According to the forensic haematology, there are more than 70 coincidences between the Sudarium of Oviedo and the Holy Shroud.

THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL of the positioning of the Sudarium. Juan M. Miñarro (2010)

DIAGRAMS OF STAINS in the Sudarium of Oviedo

Back stains

Central stains

Dot shape stains

Butterfly wings stains

Corner stains

Diffused stain

Fold

Symmetry axis of the main stains

Diagonal creases

Accordion stain