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A curated sequence of dated events. Select an event for a short summary, then open its full treatise.
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c. AD 30–33 Documented
The crucifixion at Golgotha
c. AD 30–33 Documented
The burial and the linen in the tomb
1st–2nd century (traditional) Reported, to be checked
The Abgar letter legend
544, reported c. 593–594 Documented
The Image of Edessa in the siege
692–695 Documented
Christ appears on Byzantine gold
787 Reported, to be checked
The Image of Edessa at the Second Council of Nicaea
944 Documented
The Mandylion reaches Constantinople
c. 1140 Documented
The Old French Voyage of Charlemagne
1192–1195 Disputed
The Pray Codex illumination
1201 Disputed
The Mesarites inventory of Constantinople
1204 Documented
The Fourth Crusade and the relics of Constantinople
1205 Reported, to be checked
Theodore Angelos writes to the Pope
1350s Documented
The cloth is displayed at Lirey
1389 or 1390 Disputed
The d'Arcis memorandum
1390 Documented
Papal permission with a disclaimer
1532 Documented
Fire at Chambéry
1578 Documented
The cloth arrives in Turin
1898 Documented
Secondo Pia's photograph
1978 Documented
The STURP examination
1988 Documented
The radiocarbon dating