Actual Photograph of Jesus from the Holy Shroud in which Jesus was buried, now preserved at Turin, Italy
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Actual Photograph of Jesus from the Holy Shroud in which Jesus was buried, now preserved at Turin, Italy
ca. 1940
Photomechanical reproduction
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Image: 11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (28.2 × 20.6 cm)
Frame: 12 5/16 × 9 5/16 × 3/16 in. (31.2 × 23.6 × 0.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph R. Struble, 2008
Inscriptions Printed on recto, BC: Actual Photograph of Jesus \ FROM THE HOLY SHROUD IN WHICH JESUS WAS BURIED, "NOW PRESERVED AT TURIN, ITALY" EXPLAINED ON BACK"
Printed on verso, OA: This PHOTOGRAPH of JESUS \ - strange as it may seem - is ACTUALLY JUST THAT...a Photograph! \ Not a painting...but actually a PHOTOGRAPH of the Saviour, developed from a \ Negative in the same way as any picture you take with your camera.\ The NEGATIVE from which this photograph of \ Jesus was made - \ was developed IN THE \ TOMB, during the hours \ our Lord lay there, before \ His Resurrection. The \ "urea vapors" (vapors \ given of by a corpse) \ acted on the myrrh and aloes \ within the shroud, \ causing brownish stains \ in the IMAGE of \ CHRIST...but as a \ NEGATIVE! a REVERSE \ PICTURE! which modern \ Photography discloses to \ us as an ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JESUS. [text continues]
Printed on verso in, BC: COPYRIGHTED BY REDEMPTORIST FATHERS OF NEW YORK FOR \ PROTECTION AGAINST RETOUCHED, SPURIOUS COPIES. \ CONFRATERNITY of the PRECIOUS BLOOD, at the Monastery, 5300 FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY, BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Printed on verso, OA: This PHOTOGRAPH of JESUS \ - strange as it may seem - is ACTUALLY JUST THAT...a Photograph! \ Not a painting...but actually a PHOTOGRAPH of the Saviour, developed from a \ Negative in the same way as any picture you take with your camera.\ The NEGATIVE from which this photograph of \ Jesus was made - \ was developed IN THE \ TOMB, during the hours \ our Lord lay there, before \ His Resurrection. The \ "urea vapors" (vapors \ given of by a corpse) \ acted on the myrrh and aloes \ within the shroud, \ causing brownish stains \ in the IMAGE of \ CHRIST...but as a \ NEGATIVE! a REVERSE \ PICTURE! which modern \ Photography discloses to \ us as an ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JESUS. [text continues]
Printed on verso in, BC: COPYRIGHTED BY REDEMPTORIST FATHERS OF NEW YORK FOR \ PROTECTION AGAINST RETOUCHED, SPURIOUS COPIES. \ CONFRATERNITY of the PRECIOUS BLOOD, at the Monastery, 5300 FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY, BROOKLYN, N.Y.
