scholarly journals Dating the Turin Shroud—An Assessment

Radiocarbon ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
H E Gove
Keyword(s):  
British Museum ◽  
Medieval Art ◽  
Carbon Dating ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Shroud Of Turin ◽  
Scientific Value ◽  
The University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Age Range

An assessment is made of the credibility of the radiocarbon dating of the shroud of Turin. The quoted final results produced a calibrated calendar age range of AD 1260–1390 for the linen of the Turin shroud at a 95% confidence level. The measurements were carried out independently in three accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) laboratories located at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Oxford University, Oxford, England, and ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland with assistance for certification and data analysis provided by the British Museum. The author concludes that, although the procedures followed differed substantially from those recommended at a workshop organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the results are credible. Although of negligible scientific value, they represent a major public triumph for the AMS method of carbon dating. However, many doubts have been raised, both real and fanciful, concerning the validity of the results and these are discussed. It is suggested that steps should be taken to conserve the shroud and that permission should be given for its examination by experts in medieval art.

Zapatalite, a new mineral from Sonora, Mexico

1972 ◽  
Vol 38 (297) ◽  
pp. 541-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney A. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Revolution ◽  
British Museum ◽  
New Mineral ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
North West ◽  
South West ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
O 15 ◽  
The University ◽  
Pale Green

SummaryZapatalite, Cu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O, was first found at a small prospect north-west of Cerro Morita, 27 kilometers south-west of Agua Prieta, Sonora. It occurs in silicified and brecciated limestone with libethenite, chenevixite, beaverite, alunite, and pseudomalachite.Zapatalite is pale (faience) blue with pale blue streak; H = 1½, G = 3·016±0·026. It is soluble in cold dilute acids and decomposed by 20% KOH. Duplicate analyses on samples of about 9 and 15 mg gave CuO 27·92, 25·77%; Al2O3 20·16, 20·26%; P2O5 20·69, 22·51%; H2O 15·46, 15·79%; insol. (baryte and quartz), 15·46, 15·79%. This leads to the formula Cu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O.The cell can be indexed as tetragonal with a 15·22Å, c 11·52Å, and a volume of 2669Å3. If Z = 6, empirical cell contents are Cu19·4Al22·8(PO4)17·6(OH)55·422·2H2O, and the calculated G = 3·017. Strongest lines of the powder pattern are 7·62 (10), 11·60 (10), 5·75 (7), 6·82 (7), 3·04 (5), 2·53 (5), 2·95 (4), and 2·88 (4).Pale green in thin section with feeble dichroism in green, with ε > ω. The good basal cleavage is a length slow direction. Indices for Na-D are ε = 1·635, ω = 1·646. Usually uniaxial (—), but may be biaxial (—) with variable 2 V.Named for Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), a popular hero of the Mexican revolution. Type specimens to be left with British Museum (Natural History) and the University of Arizona.

Conference Reports

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-386
Author(s):  
Anita Pelle ◽  
László Jankovics
Keyword(s):  
Hungarian Academy ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Regional Committee ◽  
The University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
European University

(1) The Halle Insitute for Economic Research (Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle, IWH) in cooperation with the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt an der Oder held a conference on 13-14 May 2004 in Halle (Saale), Germany on Continuity and Change of Foreign Direct Investments in Central Eastern Europe. (Reviewed by Anita Pelle); (2) The University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in cooperation with the Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Economic Association organised an international symposium on the issue of Globalisation: Challenge or Threat for Emerging Economies on 29 April 2004 in Debrecen, Hungary. (Reviewed by László Jankovics)

Betrayal of betrothed in Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of rain

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. RUBY VANEESA ◽  
Dr. S. AYYAPPA RAJA
Keyword(s):  
Rabindranath Tagore ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
The University

Sunetra Gupta was born in Calcutta in 1965 and is an established translator of the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. She is a well known novelist, essayist and scientist. She is working as Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at Oxford University in the Department of Zoology. From Princeton University she got graduation in 1987 and from the University of London she received Ph.D. in 1992. Her father, Dhruba Gupta had a profound influence on every view of her thinking

Tassos Papacostas and Maria Parani (eds.), Discipuli dona ferentes. Glimpses of Byzantium in Honour of Marlia Mundell Mango. Β υζ ά ν τ ι ο ς. Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization 11. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2017. XXX, 486, 111 b/w figures.

Mediaevistik ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 333-337
Author(s):  
Natalia Teteriatnikov
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Present Volume ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Byzantine Period ◽  
The University ◽  
Vast Territory ◽  
Byzantine History

The present volume is a tribute to Marlia Mango on the occasion of her retirement from the University service of Kings College, Oxford University. All essays, written by her students, offer the result of their research and express a profound gratitude to their teacher. The essays tackle a wide range of subjects covering a vast territory from Constantinople to its periphery as well as Italy. Chronologically diverse, research materials span from late antiquity to the late Byzantine period.

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