"A prankster and genius, Leonardo da Vinci is widely believed to have hidden secret messages within much of his artwork. Most scholars agree that even Da Vinci's most famous pieces—works like The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and Madonna of the Rocks—contain startling anomalies that all seem to be whispering the same cryptic message…a message that hints at a shocking historical secret which allegedly has been guarded since 1099 by a European secret society known as the Priory of Sion. In 1975, Paris's Bibliothèque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers Secrets, identifying numerous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci.All of this is woven up in DVC. Brown believes it is real - and claims truth for it.
“Most scholars agree” Man, if I ever used this phrase in one of my term papers back in Grad school I would get a big fat F.
Thanks for the quote though. His smoke and mirrors routine deserves no more attention than the Celestine Prophecy.