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ID: 901002441
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002441
Record Type: Named Legendary Thing

Holy Shroud (Christian relic)

Note: Object comprising a 14-foot length of linen that was believed to be the burial shroud of Jesus; imprinted or otherwise marked with an image of a man. Since 1578, kept in a chapel of the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. First mentioned in 1354; 20th-century radiocarbon dating indicated it was made in 13th-14th century, but this is contested.

Display Date: contested, maybe Medieval

Names:
Holy Shroud (Christian relic) (preferred,English-P,D)
Sacra Sindone (Christian relic) (Italian,U)
Santa Sindone (Christian relic) (Italian,D)
Shroud of Turin (Christian relic) (English)
Sindone di Torino (Christian relic) (Italian)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
............<Themes surrounding Jesus Christ> (I)
................Holy Shroud (Christian relic) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... relic
.....(religious objects, ceremonial objects, object genres by function, object genres (object classifications), Object Genres (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... burial shroud
.....(coverings and hangings by function, coverings and hangings by specific type, coverings and hangings, furnishings by form or function, furnishings (works), Furnishings (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Torino
.....(Will county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:
Holy Shroud (Christian relic)
................New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979)
................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Sacra Sindone (Christian relic)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Santa Sindone (Christian relic)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Shroud of Turin (Christian relic)
................New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979)
Sindone di Torino (Christian relic)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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