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Welcome to the British Society for the Turin Shroud page of this website. I am very proud to serve as the Society's host and help bring this fine organization and their important Shroud work to the Internet. This page will function as a "gateway" and provide a Table of Contents to their Newsletter and other BSTS information. To learn more about the Society itself, just click on the Union Jack in the upper right corner of the page.
I wish to thank Chris Jones (BSTS Member) in England, for designing the original BSTS html pages, Ian Wilson (Former Editor of the BSTS Newsletter), in Australia, for editing all the issues up to #53, and Judith Wilson for converting the newsletter into the Acrobat PDF files we now use. In 2002, Mark Guscin (www.markguscin.com) became the new editor and he is located in Spain. It is truly my pleasure to work with my good friend Mark in making the BSTS Newsletter available online for a long time to come. It is very exciting to see this powerful communcation technology used in this manner, and very satisfying to play a part in it.
Want to become a member of the BSTS and subscribe to their printed Newsletter? Click here for a printable BSTS Membership Application and mailing details. Also, Mark Guscin has informed me that he and Ian Wilson, former editor of the newsletter, have a limited number of back issues available. For Issue No. 55 and later, contact Mark directly at info@markguscin.com for details and shipping costs. For Issue No. 54 and earlier, contact Ian Wilson at ian.wilson@hotkey.net.au.
Newsletter No. 66 - December 2007
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
Sudarium of Oviedo and the Man on the Shroud's Ponytail - by Cesar Barta
The Shroud's "Missing Years" - by Alessandro Piana
The Silent Witness II - by David Rolfe
The Tombstone of Geoffrey II de Charny at Froidmont - by Ian Wilson
A Proposal To Radiocarbon-date the Pollen of the Shroud of Turin by Stephen E. Jones
Shroud Congress in Ohio, August 2008 by Joe Marino
Obituary - Daniel Raffard de Brienne by Mark Guscin
Newsletter No. 65 - June 2007
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
Book Reviews - Three reviews by Joanna Emery and Mark Guscin
Author John Loken’s Response to BSTS Review of “The Shroud Was the Resurrection”
Interview with Mechthild Flury-Lemberg in Oviedo - by Mark Guscin
The Invisible Mending of the Shroud in Theory and Reality - by Mechthild Flury-Lemberg
The Second International Conference on the Sudarium of Oviedo by Mark Guscin
Newsletter No. 64 - December 2006
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
Book Reviews - Five reviews by Mark Guscin and Joanna Emery
The Embroidered "Shrouds" - Symbology and Iconology of the Liturgical Veils of the Byzantine Rite - by Enrico Morini, Alma mater studiorum. Università di Bologna (Editor's Note: The original paper had 59 footnotes and 39 illustrations that are not included in this online version).
Further Possibilities for the Interpretation of Mark 14:51-52 - by Mark Guscin
New Shroud Documentary by Mark Guscin
Newsletter No. 63 - June 2006
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
Book & Film Reviews - by Mark Guscin, Joanna Emery and Barrie Schwortz
The Shroud copy in Campillo de Aragón, Spain - by Daniel Duque Torres
Relationship of the Shroud with Images of Jesus in the Byzantine Frescoes of Cappadocia by Lennox Manton
The Turin Shroud in a 15th Century Fresco in St. Hippolyte - by Hugh Duncan
1506 - 2006 Guardare la Sindone 500 anni di liturgia sindonica - by Mark Guscin
2nd CES Convention - Valencia, Spain - by Andrés Brito
Obituary - Kim Dreisbach - by Dan Scavone
Newsletter No. 62 - December 2005
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
The Third International Dallas Shroud Conference - by Mike Minor
The Third International Dallas Shroud Conference - by Joanna Emery
The Third International Dallas Shroud Conference - by Diana Fulbright
1992-2002: Ten years of important events in the history of the Holy Shroud - by Profs. Bruno Barberis and Piero Savarino
"A Clean Cloth" What Greek Word Usage Tells Us about the Burial Wrappings of Jesus - by Diana Fulbright
Newsletter No. 61 - June 2005
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
The Mystical Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich And The Turin Shroud - by Joe Derham
Sindone Shroud Suaire Grabtuch Sabana - DVD Review by Ian Wilson
Obituary - Noel Currer-Briggs - by Ian Wilson
Carbon 14 Dating Invalidated? Ray Rogers' Article - by Mark Guscin
Brother John's Holiday by Matt Ryan - Book Review by Mark Guscin
Newsletter No. 60 - December 2004
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
The Sermon of Gregory Referendarius - by Mark Guscin
Who's Who in the Shroud World - An Interview with Ray Rogers
The Mandylion in Sakli - by Lennox Manton
Gospel of Gamaliel: Early Evidence for the Survival of Jesus' Shroud - by Dan Scavone
Newsletter No. 59 - June 2004
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
The Passion of Christ Directed by Mel Gibson - by Mark Guscin
Shroud of Christ Documentary, Two Reviews and an Interview with the Director - by Mark Guscin
Forelocks in Early Christian Tradition - by Diana Fulbright (with 10 illustrations from color centerfold)
The Museum of the Shroud - by Bruno Barberis
Who's Who in the Shroud World - An Interview with Bruno Barberis
Who's Who in the Shroud World - An Interview with Barrie Schwortz
Shroud Copies - by Daniel Duque Torres
Back to Basics: The Shroud and Father Martin Haigh - by Ian Wilson
Newsletter No. 58 - December 2003
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
The Shroud at the Edinburgh Festival - by Mark Guscin
Who's Who in the Shroud World - David Rolfe - by Mark Guscin
Who's Who in the Shroud World - Richard Orareo - by Mark Guscin (with 3 photographs from color centerfold)
News From Italy - by Mark Guscin
The Face of the Faces of Christ Report on the 7th Annual "Volti di Volti" Congress - by Rebecca Jackson and John Jackson
Shroud Chapels in North Italy - by Reggie Norton, BSTS Treasurer
Shroud Restoration Data - from LINTEUM, the Spanish Center for Sindonology (CES) magazine
Book Review - Sindone 2002 by Mechtild Flury-Lemberg - by Ian Wilson
Book Review - The Tomb of Christ by Martin Biddle - by Ian Wilson
Obituary - Professor J. Malcolm ('Taffy') Cameron - by Ian Wilson
Newsletter No. 57 - June 2003
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
A Response To Recent BSTS Editorials - by Prof. William Meacham (Editor's Note: Prof. Meacham asked me to include this link to his website where he responds to comments made in several recent BSTS editorials. Since I am publishing those editorials, it was only fair that I included his rebuttal. It is always unfortunate when people disagree, but with something that stirs the passions as much as the Shroud of Turin, it is almost to be expected. However, as it is not the policy of this website to take sides in such matters, the viewer is reminded that the opinions expressed therein are solely those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editor).
Spanish Centre for Sindonology Celebrates 15th Anniversary - by Mark Guscin
News From Italy - by Mark Guscin
The Chemistry of Autocatalytic Processes in the Context of the Shroud of Turin - by Ray Rogers
Chronological Listing of Supporting Texts (from an article that appeared in Issue #56) - by Prof. Dan Scavone
Who's Who in the Shroud World - Rev. Albert "Kim" Dreisbach, Jr. - by Mark Guscin
A Shroud-related Victim of the Iraq War - by Ian Wilson
Newsletter No. 56 - December 2002
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
The New, Restored Turin Shroud - by Ian Wilson
Joseph of Arimathea, The Holy Grail & the Edessa Icon - by Prof. Dan Scavone
The Image on the Shroud of Turin: Clues from the Volckringer & Russell Effects - by Allan Mills
The Shroud Sent to Louis IX of France by Baldwin II, the Latin Emperor at Constantinople - by César Barta
The IV CIELT International Symposium, Paris 2002 - by César Barta
Who's Who in the Shroud World - Prof. Dan Scavone and Ian Wilson - by Mark Guscin
Obituary - Fr. Maurus Green, OSB - by Ian Wilson
Obituary - Walter McCrone - by Mark Guscin
A Reply to Dr. Michael Clift's Comments - by Dr. Fred Zugibe
Newsletter No. 55 - June 2002
Table of Contents:
Editorial - by Mark Guscin
Sindonology: Its Imperatives for the Future - by Rev. Albert "Kim" Dreisbach, Jr.
The Conspiracy Against the Shroud - by Jack Markwardt
Some Comments On Stephen Mattingly's Work - by Ray Rogers
The Peter J. Shields Interviews - by Mark Guscin
Shroud Poetry - by Prof. Raymond Leonard
Jack Markwardt Interview - by Joseph Wayne Durham
Jorge-Manuel Rodríquez Almenar - by Mark Guscin
Dallas International Shroud Conference, October 2001 - by Mark Guscin
Newsletter No. 53 - July 2001
Table of Contents:
Part 1 - Includes: (.pdf format) [115k]
- Editorial - Witness of New Life... by Ian Wilson
- Of Cabinet Shuffles...
- Shroud Custodian Archbishop Severino Poletto elevated to Cardinal
- "New" Revelations concerning the Shroud's Underside?
- Barrie Schwortz - "Compelled to speak out..."
- Could the Savoys get their Turin Palace back?
Part 2 - Includes: (.pdf format) [111k]
- "Shroud in the New Millennium" Conference to Hit Dallas
- Is this the Face of Jesus? The BBC documentary that caused a furore...
- Fresh photos of the Veronica - plus the first-ever scientific examination
- "Holy Headboard" to undergo tests
- A "Sleuth's Corner" Coup - The Prague "Shroud" fragment examined
- Revealed - yet another face of Dmitri Kouznetsov
- Silver Nitrate and the Shroud
- Entombment Engraving Created by Sylvia Hurst
- Poems on the Shroud
Part 3 - Includes: (.pdf format) [131k]
- Doctors at Calvary Part II - Victims of Crucifixion were unable to push themselves up while fastened to the Cross by Dr. Fred Zugibe
- Editor's Note: Dr. Frans Wijffels
- Tracing Possible Post-Resurrection Radiocarbon Anomalies by Thaddeus J. Trenn
- Clues and confirmations towards the authentication of the Shroud of Turin by Norma C. Weller
Part 4 - Includes: (.pdf format) [96k]
- Obituaries
- Baroness Ryder of Warsaw
- The Reverend Francis O'Leary
- Recent Publications - New books by Michael Hesemann, Mark Antonacci and Mark Guscin
- Letters to the Editor
- Forthcoming Events - Paris Shroud Conference for April 2002
Newsletter No. 52 - November 2000
Table of Contents:
After 2000 - What Next for the Shroud? - Editorial by Ian Wilson (.pdf format) [9k]
News from Around the World - Includes: (.pdf format) [28k]
- Reggie Norton in Turin
- The Sindone 2000 Worldwide Congress at Orvieto - a great success...
- New Theory for how the Shroud Carbon Dating Erred...
- Opinions from Linen Manufacturers
- Opinions from Carbon Dating Laboratories
- The Shroud and Elvis' Death - Official...
- From Science Fiction to Reality?
- Can they be serious?
- The Shroud Down-under
Special Features - Includes: (.pdf format) [107k]
- The Veronica of Rome - First Known Photographs!
- Genuine independent scoops from Germany and from Italy
- Death on the Cross by Frans Wijffels
- Did the Turin Shroud Once Envelop a Crucified Body?
- Introduction
- The Evidence of Classical Writers
- Dachau
- Harrowing Laboratory Experiments
- Dying on the Cross
- The standing position
- Death of the extremities
- Cause of death
- So did the Shroud once wrap a crucified man?
Obituary (.pdf format) [9k]
- Don Lynn
Recent Publications (.pdf format) [30k]
Letters to the Editor (.pdf format) [55k]
Newsletter No. 51 - June 2000
Table of Contents:
The Shroud in the Year 2000 - Editorial by Ian Wilson (.pdf format) [8k]
News from Around the World - Includes: (.pdf format) [51k]
- 'The Turin Shroud – past, present and future', Turin, 2-5 March, 2000 – probably the best-ever Shroud Symposium.
- Dr. Flury-Lemberg and New Textile Findings
- Carbon dating scientists ‘over-confident, over-bearing’- archaeologist - Bill Meacham
- The Shroud was definitely in Israel – Professor Danin
- There is no microbiological coating - Dr. Alan Adler
- ‘DNA from several individuals’ - Professor Canale
- Missing Shroud portion relocated – Dr. Vercelli
- Digital imaging spectroscopy – the promise of a vast amount of new data
- ‘The body was washed’ - Dr. Fred Zugibe
- ‘There is Gundelia!‘ - Professor Avinoam Danin
- Turin’s new Archbishop, Severino Poletto – Approachable and ready to listen...
Other News from Around the World - Includes: (.pdf format) [19k]
- Turin Exposition – New Dates
- Orvieto Congress
- Shroud copy for Moscow Cathedral
- CONGRATULATIONS
- The Shroud and a Splendid National Gallery Exhibition
- Accompanying TV series
- A Case of Very Undivine Deception
Special Features - (.pdf format) [30k]
- Towards reconstructing the Shroud Body - a History
Special Features - (.pdf format) [28k]
- Could carbon dating be erroneous if the Shroud was kept in a metallic container for a significant period between AD 30-2000? By Tony Fleming
Obituaries (.pdf format) [13k]
Sleuth’s Corner (.pdf format) [11k]
Recent Publications (.pdf format) [24k]
Letters to the Editor (.pdf format) [10k]
Newsletter No. 50 - November 1999
Table of Contents:
On "Correct Seeing" the Shroud... - Editorial by Ian Wilson (.pdf format) [55k]
Home News - Includes: (.pdf format) [55k]
- Retiring Treasurer Dr. Michael Clift bows out
- Who will give the Shroud a (stately) home?
News from Around the World - Includes: (.pdf format) [55k]
- Turin, Italy: A New Archbishop for Turin.
- Rome, Italy. Jesuit professor claims 'discovery' of the Veronica
- Orvieto, Italy. Historic Setting for the next 'Worldwide' Conference on The Shroud
- Italy. The Shroud in S. Felice Circeo.
- Oviedo, Spain. Controversy over Oviedo Cloth radiocarbon dating.
- Benidorm, Spain. Hitherto unknown copy of the cloth of Edessa.
- Bathurst, Australia. International Conference on the Shroud for Australia.
- Australia. Dmitri Kouznetsov -- Some Surprising New Information.
- Los Angeles, USA. Another Honour for Isabel Piczek.
- Denver, USA. Artist's 'Developing' Research on Shroud Face.
- USA. Two Plays featuring the Shroud.
- USA. Abbey’s Shroud Conference Attracts 300 To Richmond, Virginia.
Special Features - (.pdf format) [88k]
- Toward 'Correct Seeing' on The Shroud, part 1:
"Purported Inscriptions On The Shroud Claimed by French Researchers Marion and Courage - Are They Really There?" by Mark Guscin (Editor's Note: Click here to read this article).- Toward 'Correct Seeing' on The Shroud, part 2:
"Coin Inscriptions, Passion Objects and Flowers - Are They Really There?" by Ian Wilson- The Shroud in Arthurian Legend
Recent Publications (.pdf format) [37k]
Letters to the Editor (.pdf format) [12k]
Forthcoming Events (.pdf format) [12k]
Newsletter No. 49 - June 1999
Table of Contents:
Hat Eating Deferred... - Editorial by Ian Wilson (.pdf format) [67k]
Home News - Includes: (.pdf format) [67k]
- Amibitious Shroud Exhibition plans outlined at London meeting
- Another open forum for the next BSTS meeting
Letters to the Editor (.pdf format) [67k]
Forthcoming Events (.pdf format) [67k]
News from Around the World - Includes: (.pdf format) [178k]
- Bologna, Italy: A Remarkable reconstruction
- From Turin: Revealed: The Shroud's New Home...
- Dallas, Texas. US Meeting is told of Remarkable Experiment
- Paris, France. Investigation of 'Holy Tunic of Argenteuil'
- Rome. 'Surprise' Convention on Sacred Relics
- Another Accolade for Barrie Schwortz's Website
- Other Internet News
Special Features - (.pdf format) [40k]
- X-File on the Shroud
(Canadian scientist Thaddeus Trenn interviewed on how the body in the Shroud might have dematerialized...)- British scientist Peter Carr on the dating of the Shroud, and the formation of its image.
- A 7th Century reference to the Shroud?
Recent Publications (.pdf format) [37k]
Obituaries (.pdf format) [11k]
Can you Help? (.pdf format) [76k]
Newsletter No. 48 - December 1998
Table of Contents:
More Glad Tidings!- Editorial by Ian Wilson
News From Around the World- Includes:
Year 2000 Shroud Exposition Dates Announced Pope John Paul II visits Turin The 3rd International Shroud Studies Congress, Turin 5-7 June, 1998 ‘Planning for the Shroud of Turin in the 21st Century’: Meeting in Dallas, Texas, November 6-8, 1998 Father Joe Marino quits priesthood for new ‘Spiritual Science’ organization Dr.Dmitri Kouznetsov Freed from Prison before his Trial
Home News- Includes:
The Liverpool Mattress Imprint: astonishing new, photos now reveal the image startlingly more clearly….
The Fire and the Portrait- by Jack Markwardt Special Feature
Miscellaneous
‘Conquis par feu’ – Another Shroud Mystery Solved? An ambitious new resource for Shroud Research: STURP photographer Barrie Schwortz’s CD-ROM project How You can Help Barrie… Dr.Alan Whanger: New improved Website
Obituaries
Recent Publications
Sleuths' Corner
Letters to the Editor
The next BSTS Meeting
Newsletter No. 47 - May/July 1998
Table of Contents:
Now for the Good News!- Editorial by Ian Wilson
News From Around the World- Includes:
From Turin: A Report on the Opening Day of the 1998 Exhibition From an American in Turin: Bravo to the Italians! Official Video of the Shroud Exposition The Shroud's new showcase - could it actually be counter-productive for the Shroud's conservation? The Pope is to see the Shroud From Los Angeles, U.S.A.: Papal Honour for Shroud artist Isabel Piczek From Connecticut, U.S.A.: Russian Scientist Dr. Dmitri Kouznetsov arrested Was the Shroud radiocarbon data 'a Freemasonry plot'? My First Viewing of the Cloth of Oviedo, 20th December 1997
Home News- Includes:
Dr. Allan Mills to be the Society's New Honorary Chairman Ancient Skull or modern-day murder victim? Another gaffe for radiocarbon dating?
Knowing a Hawk from a Handsaw- by Alan D. Whanger, M.D. Special Feature
Recent Publications
Letters to the Editor
Society Notes
Events
Newsletter No. 46 - Nov/Dec 1997
Table of Contents:
Very Like a Whale- Editorial by Ian Wilson
The Shroud a 'Gift From God?' Cardinal Saldarini's Message to the Nice Symposium
Nice 12-13 May, 1997 Some Notes on the Nice Symposium- by Mark Guscin
A Historic 'Scoop'? CIELT Symposium Speaker's Claim to Have Been Shown the Veronica- by the Editor
From the USA; Unique Shroud Meeting Held in Texas- by Barrie Schwortz
Establishment of a New Shroud Centre in Moscow, Russia
The Formation of the Shroud's Body Image- Special Feature by Kitty Little, MA, B.Sc., D.Phil.
Dr. Michael Clift's 'Scurrilous' Best-Seller...- Home News
Recent Publications- Includes a review of Walter McCrone's book, "Judgement Day for the Turin Shroud"
Letters To The Editor
Diary Events
Newsletter No. 45 - June/July 1997
Table of Contents:
When Everything Seems Against You...- Editorial by Ian Wilson
The Shroud's Dramatic Rescue From Fire- The Turin Fire of April 11, 1997
Major Shroud Documentary Shown On American Television- Review by Isabel Piczek
The CIELT Symposium in Nice- News from France
Internet News
A Calendar of the Shroud for the Years 1694-1898- Special Feature by Ian Wilson
British Society for the Turin Shroud Chaiman Rodney Hoare 1927-1997- Obituary
The Turin Machine - A Shroud Peep-Show for Bristol- Home News
Recent Publications
Letters To The Editor
The Society's Future
Newsletter No. 44 - November/December 1996
Table of Contents:
Honouring Fr. Adam Otterbein:- US.Holy Shroud Guild President celebrates 60 years as a Redemptorist
Some Recent British Media Interest
Fact Or Fantasy?- A Hitherto Unknown Fresco of A Shroud Exposition
A Hitherto Unknown Shroud-Related Image
Russia's Dr. Dmitri Kouznetsov:- Can He Any Longer Be Believed?
The Shroud on the Internet
Turin- Preparations for the Exposition of 1998 Already Well Advanced
STURP, The End of an Era:- Press Release
A Calendar of the Shroud for the years 1509-1694
Reviews of New Books and Articles
Letters
Newsletter No. 43 - June/July 1996
Table of Contents:
Editorial by Ian Wilson- 'Truth?' said Pilate 'What is that?' [John 18: 38]
The Shroud In Cyberspace- Also includes important E-Mail Addresses
Science Fiction to Science Fact?- Cloak and Dagger With Shroud DNA
Interest in Garza-Valdes' Bioplastic Hypothesis- From Manchester Museum Egyptologist Dr. Rosalie David
A Singlet Oxygen Theory of the Shroud Imaging Mechanism- by Dr. Allan Mills (BSTS Member)
The Sudarium of Oviedo- by Mark Guscin (BSTS Member)
Shroud Centers- In Colorado and California
A 'Proven' Fake... De-faked...!- Twenty-Two Years After Being 'Proved' A Fake, Experts Now Say the Vinland Map is Genuine After All...
News From France- CIELT to hold Pre-Exposition International Shroud Symposium... and Recent Publications
The Hiram Key- Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus...
Letters to the Editor- Mandylion Copy on Guernsey? and The Shroud is No 'Solarograph'!
More Letters to the Editor- King Edward I and the Shroud
The Non-Communicative Dr. Kouznetsov - A Stop Press- by Dr. John Jackson, co-founder of STURP...
Notices- Future Issues of this Newsletter...
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