
There is no doubt that the Oviedo sudarium covered the same face. The frontal stains on the sudarium have seventy points of coincidence with the Shroud, while the back side has fifty. Alan Whanger used a Polarized Image Overlay Technique to study the sudarium, comparing it to the bloodstains on the Shroud. Thorn wounds on the nape of the neck also coincide with the bloodstains on the Shroud.

John Jackson, used the VP-8 and photo enhancements to confirm that it is there. This stain is barely visible on the Shroud, but Dr. There is a small stain on the right hand side of the mouth. There is an exact fit of the stains with the beard on the face. This is the exact same length as the nose on the Shroud. The length of the nose from where the the pleural oedema fluid came onto the sudarium, measures 8 cm. First off, the blood on both cloths belongs to the same group, AB.

Probably the most sentimental characteristics of the cloth is in its coincidental details that match the Shroud of Turin. Can anyone really say the stains show typical Jewish features? I’m open to being convinced. But, in the end, it is totally subjective. It is people who decipher facial features.

They show typical Jewish features including a prominent nose and cheekbones. Though the stains were smeared, modern technology has been able to decipher facial features from when the cloth covered the face. He explains the bloodstains and plant pollen found on the this 84 by 53 centimeter (33 by 21 inch) piece of cloth. He, whoever he is, who calls his blog “He Rose for Grace,” nicely summarizes the documented history of the Sudarium. It is a well written posting, The Forensics of the Sudarium of Oviedo – The Shroud of Turin.
