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Mona Lisa painting 'contains hidden code'
The Telegraph ^ | 12/12/2010 | Nick Pisa, Rome

Posted on 12/12/2010 10:14:30 PM PST by bruinbirdman

Art historians are probing a real life Da Vinci Code style mystery after discovering tiny numbers and letters painted into the eyes of the artist's enigmatic Mona Lisa painting.


The numbers and letters are not visible to the human eye but have to be viewed under a microscope

Leonardo Da Vinci's 500-year-old Renaissance masterpiece has long been steeped in mystery, and even today the true identity of the woman with the alluring smile still far from certain.

Now members of Italy's National Committee for Cultural Heritage have revealed that by magnifying high resolution images of the Mona Lisa's eyes letters and numbers can be seen.

"To the naked the symbols are not visible but with a magnifying glass they can clearly be seen," said Silvano Vinceti, president of the Committee.

In the right eye appear to be the letters LV which could well stand for his name Leonardo Da Vinci while in the left eye there are also symbols but they are not as defined.

He said: "It is very difficult to make them out clearly but they appear to be the letters CE or it could be the letter B - you have to remember the picture is almost 500 years old so it is not as sharp and clear as when first painted.

"While in the arch of the bridge in the background the number 72 can be seen, or it could be an L and the number 2."

The painting also featured in the Dan Brown blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, which was turned into a 2006 film starring Tom Hanks. His character interprets secret messages hidden in Mona Lisa and Da Vinci's other works, including The Last Supper.

Mr Vinceti, who has travelled to Paris to examine the painting in the Louvre

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: davinci; florence; godsgravesglyphs; italy; leonardo; leonardodavinci; menhavenamedyou; monalisa; santissimaannunziata
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To: Charles Martel

LOL...you beat me by thirty seconds.


21 posted on 12/12/2010 10:36:41 PM PST by EternalVigilance (The care of human life...is the first and only legitimate object of good government -- Jefferson)
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To: bruinbirdman

“So dark the con of man.”


22 posted on 12/12/2010 10:40:22 PM PST by Publius (No taxation without respiration.)
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To: Islander7

Bravo!


23 posted on 12/12/2010 10:42:44 PM PST by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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To: Allegra

LOL

You berry punny girl.

LOL


24 posted on 12/12/2010 10:48:54 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: ottbmare

Blame it on the Masons.


25 posted on 12/12/2010 10:49:37 PM PST by BooBoo1000 (" Let go, and Let God")
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To: death2tyrants

I GOT it!!! B O S C O!


26 posted on 12/12/2010 10:50:01 PM PST by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: bruinbirdman
What a shame no one found and decoded the secret message before the frikin thing rotted out.

This is a hoax. These turds are not the first ones to examine this article with a looking glass over the last few centuries...

27 posted on 12/12/2010 10:57:14 PM PST by mmercier (pattern recognition)
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Jenny Jenny - 867-5309


28 posted on 12/12/2010 11:05:07 PM PST by Enterprise (TSA - The Silly Agency)
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To: mmercier
The special secret code from Ralphie's Secret Society decoder pin from the Little Orphan Annie radio show.
29 posted on 12/12/2010 11:05:56 PM PST by spokeshave (Islamics and Democrats unite to cut off Adam Smith's invisible hand)
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To: Allegra
Actually, if you isolate the iris and look very carefully, it says, SUCKERSSSS!
30 posted on 12/12/2010 11:11:09 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: bruinbirdman
Mona must love
all the attention.


31 posted on 12/12/2010 11:12:10 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Jim Robinson

I can make out a “Z” an “O” and a “T”


32 posted on 12/12/2010 11:18:02 PM PST by woofie
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To: bruinbirdman

Big deal! I still think “Lady with an Ermine” is the best of Leonardo’s gals.


33 posted on 12/12/2010 11:20:21 PM PST by sinanju
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To: clearcarbon
Mona must love all the attention.

LL!


34 posted on 12/12/2010 11:26:04 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Imam Zer0: DeathCARE, Is my only "health" plan....to hell w/ free enterprise system :^)
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To: bruinbirdman

And just how was he able to paint these symbols that are so small the human eye can’t see them without the aid of a Microscope?


35 posted on 12/12/2010 11:36:08 PM PST by calex59
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To: 21twelve

Love it.


36 posted on 12/12/2010 11:49:17 PM PST by Mach9
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To: bruinbirdman

It’s code in Italian: “Has anyone found the original yet?


37 posted on 12/12/2010 11:56:46 PM PST by Lauren BaRecall (I pledge to support Boehner's opponent in the 2012 Republican Primary for the 8th District of Ohio.)
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To: bruinbirdman

You get a chance for a Spectral Tiger mount in WOW.


38 posted on 12/12/2010 11:57:50 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: calex59

He had to invent a microscope, which he promptly destroyed, knowing that his message would only be properly understood by the generation living some 500 years hence.


39 posted on 12/13/2010 12:03:31 AM PST by Lauren BaRecall (I pledge to support Boehner's opponent in the 2012 Republican Primary for the 8th District of Ohio.)
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To: calex59

Of course this is pure conjecture and speculation.

As I always say, “Why bother with facts when there is always speculation.”


40 posted on 12/13/2010 12:06:15 AM PST by Lauren BaRecall (I pledge to support Boehner's opponent in the 2012 Republican Primary for the 8th District of Ohio.)
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