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Posted on 12/18/2008 11:51:10 AM PST by TaraP
It is the discovery of three almost invisible drawings on the back of Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin and Child With Saint Anne in the Louvre museum in Paris that has the French art world screaming "Sacre bleu!" Reminiscent of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, the mysterious sketches were found by experts looking into restoring the sixteenth-century masterpiece. They were detected when a curator noticed that some of the gray marks behind Virgin and Child With Saint Anne resembled a horse's head. An infrared photo confirmed his suspicion and revealed two other sketches: a human skull and the infant Jesus with a Lamb. Experts say Da Vinci had a habit of sketching on whatever was at hand, and might have used the planks of wood he used to form the backing for the work.
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Like Dan Ratherbiased on the National Guard memos, the MSM keeps hope alive that the DaVinci Code explaining the conspiracy behind the Catholic Church is “real”.
LOL I knew what you meant, but I kind of like “scan the public”! hehehe
Holy Blood Holy grail was the first, but it was followed by the Messaniac Conspiracy.
It is a very interesting book
HBHG was fascinating then a decade or so after published it was revealed that the entire “Priory of Sion” was a fraud.
LOL I see what you mean. Have you seen those pictures of Obama smoking I think in Time or Essense or something like that? Is that a marajuana cigarette?
> Da Vinci had a habit of sketching on whatever was at hand
Da Vinci Spaghetti Code
I’m not sure, but he looks like a total nerd trying to be cool. Kind of like he does now.....
LOL I know. The Infant Terrible or whatever.
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