From "Discovering Da Vinci's Daughter"

The Shroud of Turin: vs Vitruvian Man

 

They say that this piece of cloth is “the single most studied artifact in human history.” Although there were reports of this shroud before Da Vinci’s time there are those that believe Da Vinci might have created this. This would have meant that the first version was replaced by one that Da Vinci created during his life. Interestingly Da Vinci knew and was friends with the royal family of Turin so it’s not like it’s a far fetched reach to assert this. I know from my research of Leonardo that he was fully capable of creating this shroud and did. Even more interesting is the technique that would have had to been developed for the shroud image. Most people who think it’s actually an image of Jesus burned into his burial cloth that managed to stay intact for 2000 years believe this because it is SO complex - there isn’t another explanation. It would be like finding a photograph of a pharaoh in an Egyptian tomb. There would be 3 different possibilities:

 

1.      It’s not from the time you think it is (someone is fooling you or left it there recently )

2.      They had photography back then that we just didn’t know about

3.      It was created from an Egyptian God.

 

After studying Da Vinci’s sketches, paintings, and journals for the past year I’m pretty good at noticing his style and technique. When I see the shroud of Turin that is what I see. I’m not saying there wasn’t a shroud that covered Jesus at some point. I’m saying this is not it. Those who think it is, -want to believe that it is but that doesn’t make it authentic. The cloth itself could have been from the time of Jesus and this would account for the “dates” of it, but that doesn’t mean the image wasn’t added at a later date by Da Vinci. Carbon dating is pretty shady anyways, it’s always being updated and refined.

 

It’s been shown and tested that the same effect could be duplicated with the materials of that day. It’s a basic form of photography which coincidentally I’m attributing to Da Vinci in this book through the Mona Lisa. I think by showing that Da Vinci was very capable of creating the Shroud of Turn and knew the TURIN royal family makes an excellent case that he created it. Not only that but his own face is very similar to that of “Jesus” in the shroud. This wouldn’t necessarily be because he wanted to make them similar but would have used himself as the model for the very complex process. He would have had to look into a mirror to create this image and this would be why there are facial similarities. Or he used himself in the “photograph” which is what the Shroud really is.

 

Also, although the image in the shroud appears to be a real man it’s really just a complex drawing. It’s similar to how the Mona Lisa looks so real, but is just a painting.

 

I think it’s obvious this is just a clever hoax whose only merit is it’s complexities but those alone don’t mean they were supernatural. Here are some additional things to consider:

 

 

• When Mary took the cloth from the tomb, wouldn’t she have noticed it then? Wouldn’t it be mentioned in the bible? An image of Christ himself?
• Would Jesus’ face really be facing perfectly forward and with an expression you’d expect?
• No one knows what Jesus looked like - we think we do because of the representations of him but they are just the artists’ imagination. Why would this face in a shroud look like all the other paintings and drawings of him? If it were really his face burned into a cloth it wouldn’t look like what we’d want and expect. Or what you’re about to see.

 

What would be the process that this would happen? Although most people love to simply say “it’s a miracle” and have that answer everything - what about Jesus rising from the dead would create this? Think about it.

 

If you believe in the story from the bible the tomb’s entrance was opened so he didn’t phase out of it and into the air - ascending to heaven. No - angels supposedly moved the door open for him to walk out. If that’s the case then at what point did his image become transposed onto his burial cloth? When he was re-awakened? Randomly when he was just laying there?

 

Also the crucifixion wounds are too pronounced - by the time Jesus bled to death on the cross he would have lost most of his blood - especially after someone pierced his side with a sword and being beaten for hours before his death. He also would have been cleaned and dressed before being placed in a tomb and wouldn’t have bled much, if at all from his crucifixion wounds. You don’t bleed after you die, especially if you died from blood loss… right? It’s also shown that the materials on the shroud are not blood but pigments resembling blood. It’s also note worthy that those who own the shroud won’t allow further testing to be done - what does that usually mean? They don’t want people to know the truth!

 

Whoever made this cloth intentionally added and pronounced these wounds to make it look like it was Jesus - Without them there would be no indication what so ever that it was him or special. It’s like finding big foot tracks like this;

 

 

I’m not trying to insinuate anything about he validity of Jesus. Discrediting a piece of cloth has nothing to do with Christianity. The cloth isn’t a holy relic but a very clever and successful experiment with optics and art that Da Vinci made.

     

The one of the left is the original; the one on the right is mirrored on top of itself. As I was doing this I confirmed for myself that Da Vinci did this. I’ve been mirroring and working with Da Vinci’s work for months now and this had all the same properties as the Mona Lisa and his sketches. There are even similar patterns that are created in the mirroring that I’ve seen in his other art.

Also notice how the shroud looks even more clear and defined after it’s mirrored on itself. Just like I’ve seen after mirroring other Da Vinci art! Also notice the crosses and symbols that are created after the image is mirrored on itself. So Jesus presence also created an image that creates other images when mirrored on itself??? I think not.

 

This is Da Vinci’s self portrait mirrored on itself and moved to give you an idea of what it would look like facing head on. The fact that the sketch is able to do this is pretty interesting. You’ll notice the similarities between his face and the face of “Jesus’ in the shroud. Again I’ll reiterate that he wasn’t trying to make it seem that he WAS Jesus, it’s just the he had to use his own face as a model and then alter it to what you world “imagine” Jesus to look like. I don’t even think the face looks like a real person at all anyways. People just see what they want.

 

 

   

 

When I was trying to find a painting of Jesus that Da Vinci helped make, I came across an article where they were getting at the same thing. Someone actually wrote a book about The Turin being created by Da Vinci so at least I know I’m on the right track. He compared the Salvator Mundi (which was the painting I was googling) and noticed how similar they were. I’m going to take that a couple steps forward tho. Check these out.

 

 

 

 

Those are the image from the Shroud of Turin superimposed over the painting: Salvator Mundi  which Da Vinci either painted personally or designed. Coincidence? It gets even better.

   

Ok so lets consider this for a second.. Da Vinci knew and was friends with the TURIN royal family. (The Shroud of TURIN remember) and it just so happens that Jesus’s spiritual impression on his shroud matches up with Da Vinci’s Vitruvian man? OR does this just prove that Da Vinci made it? Like I said, watch out for these coincidences; I’m almost starting to believe that nothing is a coincidence at least when it comes to anything Da Vinci is associated with!

  Here’s what I would call “coincidence”…

 

 

You’ll see how incredibly similar they are in the non-inverted version. They are the same color and tone. It’s as if they were created.. By the same artist! The face matches up, the proportions are identical, and it actually appears to me that they were intended to do this.  There’s definitely something going on there and by the end of this book you’ll know that Da Vinci was definitely one for combining images! So it’s very likely that the shroud of Turin was created by Da Vinci and he probably had it match up with the Vitruvian man and his other art so people could eventually credit it to him! I bet he never would have thought people would take it so seriously for so long.. if at all

 

Another thing I noticed was the exact same type of art that’s created when I mirror the image on top of itself and move it around. When I’ve done it with Da Vinci’s art there is a distinctive pattern that could at first look to be nothing but are actually small and complex images. You’ll notice these throughout the Images I’ve made by mirroring them on top of themselves. At first I thought these were just a side affect created randomly but after looking at them I’ve noticed similarities between the various paintings I’ve seen them in. They are like really abstract cartoons. I’ll get into that later but suffice to say those same types of things are present in the shroud of Turin!

 

So in conclusion, I agree with those that believe Da Vinci was responsible for creating the Shroud of Turin. I think I’ve provided some additional insight and again - things that could be coincidences that on deep reflection are definitely more.

            In this one you can see what looks like a view from above. Da Vinci drew things from 3 perspectives – in front, behind, and from above (and sometimes below) When the composite images are altered in a certain way, it unlocks these alternate perspectives. I’m still working on the mechanics behind it, but once I figure it out I’m confident you can see completely around and through the “Vitruvian Man”  an anagram of this is:

“Turin I am, navv”