Explain the code to me. I’m “DaVinci Code” deficient.
I am an artist - and familiar with, long before "the daVinci Code", the secret-messages-in-plain-sight that the medieval/Renaissance artists, writers, troubadours, etc, used to give witness to their beliefs that were in conflict with the Roman Church - in a time when disagreeing with the RC could get you roasted as a heretic.
This 'code' is historical fact. Those who did not follow the RC used these codes as a method of communication to safeguard what they believed was the truth about Jesus Christ and his ministry - which they believed were revealed in the early scriptures, long before the Roman Gov't, through the Council of Nicea, 325 years AFTER the crucification....many books that were and had been used as scripture in those 325 years were tossed out, burned, declared heretical by the council.
And so were any who professed belief in them!
The code would include such things as a certain color robe to signify a certain person, or objects - for ex: a little alabaster jar in the painting, looking like nothing but a 'little jar' to the unknowing eye, would be a symbol for Mary Magdalene. Likewise, a tower way off in the background would signify the same Mary - for reasons I wont bother to go into there - there is plenty of information on all of this for anyone who seriously wants to learn...not just ask a question that really isn't a question, but a thinly veiled derisive remark?