Analogue Boy
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Here's a thought - maybe it's the image of a Crusader? I'm sure I read that the Saracens would occasionally crucify them if captured.
I'm more inclined to believe it was fabricated as a showpiece to get bums on seats for the Easter celebrations. I bet there was money to be made from pilgrims wanting to see that relic. Which brings me to my main concern. There is little contemporary documentation of Jesus, so how 'convenient' this one-off itwm just happened to turn up as church property.
To me, the figure is exactly what people in those days would have expected to see. The figure could have been a carved statue covered with the cloth, treated with chemicals and baked. Blood could have been added to show the evidence of wounds of The Passion.
The fact it looks more like a brass rubbing or bas relief rather than a distorted image that would be the result of wrapping something around a miraculous man leads me to think it's a fabricated hoax object.