One of these particles, named e58, is a bone/cartilage remain; it was intensively studied for its aspect, colour, thickness, surface morphology and ultrastructure, and for its organic and mineral compositions. Presence of such an osseous remain on the Face adds new substantial material (other than red blood cells, skin debris and one hair, already published) to the knowledge of the Man whose body is imprinted on the Turin Shroud. | Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology June 2017, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 20-38 ISSN 2334-2420 (Print) 2334-2439 (Online) Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. Published by American Research Institute for Policy Development DOI: URL: An Osseous Remain on the Face of the Turin Shroud G. Lucotte1 & T. Thomasset2 Abstract Turin Shroud is a well-known Christ relic on which a body image is imprinted. We had access to a sticky-tape that was applied directly to one blood spot of the Face. This sticky-tape contains very numerous microscopic particles, that were studied by optical microscopy and SEM-EDX analysis. One of these particles, named e58, is a bone/cartilage remain; it was intensively studied for its aspect, colour, thickness, surface morphology and ultrastructure, and for its organic and mineral compositions. Presence of such an osseous remain on the Face adds new substantial material (other than red blood cells, skin debris and one hair, already published) to the knowledge of the Man whose body is imprinted on the Turin Shroud. Keywords: Face ; microscopic particles ; optical microscopy ; osseous remain ; SEM-EDX ; sticky-tape ; Turin Shroud. Introduction The Turin Shroud (TS) , a well-known Christ’s relic, is an intensively studied object on which a body image is imprinted (. Marion and Lucotte, 2006). The frontal image of the Head (Face and Hair) , notably, is visible with the naked eye. G. Riggi di Numana (Riggi di Numana, 1988) transmitted to one of us (.) a small ( mm high, 614 µm wide) sticky-tape triangle, that is some part of a larger piece he placed directly (during the 1978 official sampling on the TS surface) at one “blood area” of the Face. I (.) have studied this triangle, by optical and electronic microscopy (Lucotte, 2012). More than 1500 particles, greater than or equal to 1 µm, can be observed on its surface. For practical reasons, this surface was subdivided into 19 .
