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About the Logo of the Shroud Center
One day in 1992, the Shroud Center received a letter from a gentleman named Mr. John Balbalis, a scientific illustrator for John Wiley and Sons Publishers in New York City. Enclosed in his letter, on yellow lined notepad paper, was a sketch that he had made of the Man of the Shroud. The drawing was cleverly constructed freehand of radial lines made with a ballpoint pen. Mr. Balbalis offered his services to the Shroud Center as an illustrator for any drawings that we might wish to have made, and said that we could use this particular drawing of the Shroud if we desired.
Approximately two months later, Mr. Balbalis passed away. Although we never met or even spoke directly with Mr. Balbalis, we have proudly adopted his drawing as our official Shroud Institute Logo. We believe that it captures something of the majesty of the image on the Shroud. Although we do not hold the image on the Shroud to be the work of human hands......our Logo proudly and reverentially is.
The Balbalis Logo is copyrighted by the Shroud Institute.
