Footnote 6 – Two Questions About Crucifixion

Barbet located Destot’s Space directly under the hand wound on the shroud. This wound appears on the radial, or thumb, side of the wrist. In fact, Destot’s Space is on the ulnar, or small finger, side of the wrist—opposite to the location of the shroud’s hand wound. Barbet seems to have become confused about the shroud wound location; he demonstrated in several ways that Jesus was nailed through the small finger side of the wrist, all the while claiming that this location was that shown on the shroud.