JOURNEY OF THE SHROUD By Joanna Emery Stories for Young People
2007 Joanna Emery All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without written permission from the author. Except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Printed in anada ISBN 0-9735430-1-9 FIN 03 07 07 Shroud map illustration in colour created by Kevin ook. All images are credited to the Author except those indicated. Please note that every effort has been made to acknowledge copyright of the illustrations in this book but if any have been inadvertently missed please contact the author. For additional copies, please contact: Volumes Publishing, anada (www.volumesdirect.com) Library and Archives anada ataloguing in Publication Emery, Joanna Journey of the Shroud : stories for young people / Joanna Emery. ISBN 978-0-9735430-1-8 1. Holy Shroud--Juvenile literature. I. Title. BT587.S4E54 2007 j232.96'6 2007-902900-0
Table of ontents Prologue - The Journey..............................................v One - The Artist....................................................1 Two - Mira and Nicholas............................................12 Three - Pilgrims...................................................19 Four - Veronique s Story.............................................25 Five - Trials by Fire.................................................33 Six - Picture of a Lifetime............................................43 Seven - STURP....................................................51 Eight - Jewel......................................................59 Nine - Never Alone.................................................69 Epilogue - In the Presence of a Mystery.................................72
Acknowledgements The author would like to thank the many people who helped put this book together sindonologists from around the world as well as friends and family close to home to all of you, a heartfelt thanks. This book is dedicated to my children, Veronica, Montgomery and Miriam and all children around the world. v
( Barrie Schwortz)
The Journey On it was the faint front and back image of a man without clothes. Strange dark lines on either side of the man stood out. I turned the page. The other pictures showed more details: scientists examining the cloth with gloved hands, a three-dimensional image of the man s face, a huge nail, and a crucifix. The pages of the little paperback in my hands had something to do with Jesus hrist. I first saw it when I was about thirteen years old. Bored and tired, I lay sprawled on the couch, watching the clock tick away another steamy summer day in Ottawa. Few houses had air conditioning back then and the rickety fan on the floor barely kept me cool. The sunlight glared off our black and white television set but I didn t feel like watching Saturday morning cartoons or wandering outside in the heat. I sifted through the mountain of newspapers on the coffee table. Where were those comics? The pile collapsed to the floor leaving one small paperback on the table. A solemn face on the cover caught my attention. I knew the book was probably part of my father s collection. He worked as a forensic pathologist, a doctor and scientist who finds out how people died. He had thousands of books, everything from true crime mysteries to current affairs, war histories to medical texts. I read the title: Shroud by Robert Wilcox. What was a shroud? I studied the illustration on the cover. It was a strange, reddish drawing of a man s face. His stringy hair fell to his shoulders and his eyes and lips were closed, as if he were asleep. His expression was calm; his was definitely a face you couldn t forget. I flipped through the book and found several photographs in the middle section. The first one was a full-length shot of a long piece of cloth. This book is about the Shroud, an ancient cloth housed today in the Italian city of Turin. Woven from the fibres of a plant called flax into a distinct herringbone twill pattern, the Shroud contains the remarkable and unmistakable image of a crucified man. A possible route in the Shroud s history vii
It is my hope that this book will help young people experience the fascinating intrigue of the Shroud of Turin. ome join the Shroud on its mysterious but wonderful journey, a journey that continues to this day The book tells both imaginary and true accounts of the Shroud through nearly two thousand years of history. The characters are fictional but they could have been real. All the information in their stories is based on very possible theories and proven facts. Joanna Emery, Ontario, anada, 2007 Joseph bought a linen sheet, took down the body, wrapped it in the sheet, and placed it in the tomb which had been dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb. Mark 15: 46 This Italian painting shows how Jesus may have been wrapped in a shroud. (lovio, Giulio (1498-1578) Deposition and the Shroud of Turin of Giovanni Battista della Rovere image courtesy of the Holy Shroud Guild) viii
G The Shroud of Turin E ( Barrie Schwortz) Pre-1532 A.D. burn holes (E) E The back of the body image on the Shroud (B) B D D Scorch marks (D) Water stains (F) F A F Sewn-on patches () The front body image of the Shroud (A) F Missing portion (perhaps taken as a relic) (G) Area where the carbon-dating sample was taken (J) G J ix