Emilio Matricciani

Biographic Data

ID1003576
NAMEEmilio Matricciani
GIVEN NAMESEmilio
FAMILY NAMEMatricciani
SIGNATUREMATRICCIANI E
AFFILIATIONSPolitecnico di Milano
ORCID0000-0002-6506-4238
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • “Why Wasn’t This Perfume Sold for Three Hundred Denarii?” The Perfume of Mary Magdalene and the Chronicle of an Ancient Voyage in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Open AccessEmilio MatriccianiARTICLEArchaeological Discovery2026

    In two episodes—Mark (14: 3-5), Luke (7: 36-38), and John (12: 1-5)—Mary Magdalene anoints Jesus’ feet with perfumed oil and dries them with her hair. John reports both the quantity of perfume—a pound of very costly ointment made from pure nard—and its market value, 300 denarii. The data indicate an unusual possession, as both the quantity and the market value of the nard were very high for a house, albeit one belonging to wealthy people. Why did…

  • The “Galenic Question”

    Open AccessFernando La Greca, Liberato De Caro et al.ARTICLEHistories2024

    How many different writers authored the huge number of texts attributed to Galen of Pergamum (129~216 Anno Domini (AD)), medical doctor and philosopher, a giant in the history of medicine? The quest to find out which texts were his and which ones were written by others is known as the “Galenic Question”. We propose a “solution” to it through a multidisciplinary approach based (a) on historical research and (b) on a mathematical analysis of the Gr…

  • The Beginning of the Christian Era Revisited

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHistories2021

    We have re-examined and discussed all chronological, historical and astronomical elements which can be referred to the year of Herod the Great’s death, which occurred—according to Josephus—after a lunar eclipse and before Passover. Since the XIX century, most scholars still assume the eclipse occurred on 13 March 4 BC, so that Dionysius Exiguus was wrong in calculating the beginning of the Christian era—by four years at least—because Herod the Gr…

  • The Search of St. Peter’s Memory ad catacumbas in the Cemeterial Area ad Duos Lauros in Rome

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHeritage2021References: 1

    The purpose of our study is to research Peter’s memory ad catacumbas. According to the Depositio Martyrum—a document of the late Emperor Constantine period—there was no memory of the first St. Peter’s Basilica on the Vatican Hill. We start with a critical analysis on the Roman Basilica attributed to Emperor Constantine in Liber Pontificalis, then we deepen the search of Peter’s memory in the catacombs of the Sts. Marcellinus and Peter (ad Duos La…

  • X-ray Dating of Ancient Linen Fabrics

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Cinzia Giannini et al.ARTICLEHeritage2019Cited by: 2References: 1

    We propose a new method for dating ancient linen threads by inspecting their structural degradation by means of wide-angle X-ray scattering. X-ray dating of a textile sample can be performed nondestructively and on a submillimeter area, e.g., 0.2 × 0.5 mm2, exploiting new table-top X-ray micro-sources. A theoretical formula is derived for dating linen samples directly from wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements. Our preliminary results show tha…

  • A Comparison between the Face of the Veil of Manoppello and the Face of the Shroud of Turin

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHeritage2019

    Recently we have studied the unusual optical properties of the Veil of Manoppello, a canvas representing the face of Jesus Christ, and restored digitally the face, by eliminating the distortions of the anatomic details due the yielding of the very fine structure of the fabric. The aim of the present paper is to compare the restored face of the Veil with that visible on the Turin Shroud. In particular, the paper focuses on assessing whether the tw…

  • Yellowing of Ancient Linen and Its Effects on the Colours of the Holy Face of Manoppello

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHeritage2019Cited by: 1References: 2

    On both sides of the Veil of Manoppello, made with very thin linen, translucent linen threads, probably starched, a Holy Face of Jesus Christ is visible. During the centuries, the yellowing of the linen threads has changed the aspect of the original face, in particular producing unnatural colours of the eyes. Indeed, as inferred by some experimental evidences, both on a microscopic and a macroscopic scale, the eyes were probably originally blue. …

  • A Deep-Language Mathematical Analysis of Gospels, Acts and Revelation

    Open AccessEmilio Matricciani, Liberato De Caro et al.ARTICLEReligions2019References: 7

    The paper aims at casting some light on the interrelations among the Gospels, Acts and Revelation. We do not consider words ranking and their frequency of occurrence, as largely done in the literature, but we analyze, statistically, some mathematical aspects of the texts, which the authors were not conscious of. We use mathematical methods developed for specifically studying deep-language parameters of literary texts, such as the number of words …

  • Imaging Analysis and Digital Restoration of the Holy Face of Manoppello—Part II

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHeritage2018References: 2

    In this second work on the Holy Face of Manoppello, known also as the Veil, we have performed a spectral analysis of the transmitted image. Its thin linen threads are translucent, presumably because starched, allowing light to pass through them. As a result, the yellowish colour of the ancient linen and starch contribute substantially to the final hues of the Holy Face, especially when the Veil is lit from the backside with grazing light. Spectro…

  • Imaging Analysis and Digital Restoration of the Holy Face of Manoppello—Part I

    Open AccessLiberato De Caro, Liberato De et al.ARTICLEHeritage2018Cited by: 2References: 1

    The Veil of Manoppello is an icon of the face of Christ (Holy Face). Its particular characteristic is being semitransparent. The face is visible on both sides (front–back) and, depending on the lighting and observation conditions, shows some differences in the anatomical details. An analysis of this icon has allowed us to clarify some aspects of the possible physical mechanism underlying its unusual optical behavior. It is a linen fiber fabric co…

  • A Mathematical Analysis of Maria Valtorta's Mystical Writings

    Open AccessEmilio Matricciani, Liberato De Caro et al.ARTICLEReligions2018References: 1

    We have studied the very large amount of literary works written by the Italian mystic Maria Valtorta to assess similarities and differences in her writings, because she claims that most of them are due to mystical visions. We have used mathematical and statistical tools developed for specifically studying deep linguistic aspects of texts. The general trend indicates that the literary works explicitly attributable to Maria Valtorta differ signific…

  • Literary Fiction or Ancient Astronomical and Meteorological Observations in the Work of Maria Valtorta

    Open AccessEmilio Matricciani, Liberato De Caro et al.ARTICLEReligions2017Cited by: 1References: 8

    In The Gospel as revealed to me, Maria Valtorta reports a lot of information on the Holy Land at the time of Jesus: historical, archaeological, astronomical, geographical, meteorological. She states she has written what seen "in vision". By a detailed astronomical analysis of explicit and implicit calendar information reported while she narrates detailed episodes concerning the three years of Jesus' public life-possible because of many references…