Retrato de un niño llamado Jesus de Nazareth.
La Policía italiana ha reconstruido con las técnicas
informáticas con las que se construyen los retratos-robot la imagen del que
sería Jesús de niño, a partir del rostro reflejado en la llamada Sábana Santa, informa
Efe
Los expertos han aplicado las técnicas que se utilizan para
actualizar, por ejemplo en Italia, las imágenes de los mafiosos y otros
criminales buscados y de los que sólo se tienen algunas fotos antiguas.
El procedimiento ha sido aplicado en la tela en la que según la
Iglesia católica fue envuelto el cuerpo de Cristo tras su crucifixión y que se
conserva en Turín (norte de Italia).
En este caso, la Policía ha realizado el proceso invertido y ha
comenzado por el rostro del hombre con barba y pelo largo que se observa en la
tela de lino, que la iglesia católica venera como el sudario en el que fue
envuelto Cristo, para llegar a cómo habría sido esa persona de niño.
El resultado es la imagen de un chico de unos 10 años, de piel
morena, pelo rizado y castaño claro, nariz alargada y labios finos, que según
la policía sería así como un "retrato-robot" de un Jesús de niño.
El experimento ha sido realizado en ocasión de la exposición
pública de la Sábana Santa en la Catedral de Turín hasta el 24 de junio.
Is this the face of Jesus as a boy?
Italian police reverse the ageing process on image taken from the Turin Shroud
to create photo-fit of Christ as a young child
This is the face of Jesus Christ as a
child – according to Italian police.
Detectives used computer forensic
techniques that have helped to catch mafia bosses to generate the image.
First, they created a photo-fit picture
from the facial image in the Turin Shroud, which many believe to be that of
Jesus.
They then used a computer program to
reverse the ageing process by reducing the jaw size, slimming the face and
softening the eyes to arrive at the younger Christ.
Italian police use the same digital
techniques, but in reverse, to create updated photo-fit images of fugitive
mafia bosses whose faces have not been seen for years.
his was successfully achieved in the
case of Bernardo Provenzano who was captured in 2006 after his image was
re-created on a picture from 1959, it was reported by The Independent.
The image of the young Jesus was created
to coincide with the latest exhibition of the Turin Shroud at Turin Cathedral
which is expected to attract millions of visitors, including Pope Francis.
Debate rages over the authenticity of
the Shroud, which is imprinted with the image of a man who appears to have been
crucified.
In 1998, the shroud was carbon dated to
the end of the 13th century, lending support to those who say it is a medieval
forgery.
But it has retained its mystical air for
many thanks partly to the fact that researchers have been unable to establish
exactly how the image was created.
The Church does not officially maintain
that Christ's body was wrapped in the shroud or that any miracles were involved
in the creation of the image now on display.
'It is not a profession of faith because
it is not an object of faith, nor of devotion, but it can help faith,' Turin
Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia said last month.
Local authorities are counting on the
exhibition of the shroud in the city's cathedral to give a significant boost to
the local economy at a time of stagnation across Italy.
When the shroud was last presented to
the public, in 2010, more than two million people filed past it.
Pope Francis decreed the latest
exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of St John Bosco, a 19th century
monk who devoted his life to the education of poor children in
newly-industrialised Turin.
Francis, who has family roots in the
region, is due to visit the city and the exhibition on June 20-21.
The shroud will be on display for 12
hours a day between 7.30am and 7.30pm with an entry free.
Viewers will be afforded only a few
minutes each in front of the original although they will be able to linger
longer at a specially-made model and a related exhibition.
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