Da Vinci Code? Tiny Numbers and Letters Found in Mona Lisa Painting
- Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:50pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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It appears Mona Lisa, who has been captivating people for centuries, just got much more interesting. Art detectives have discovered that one of the world’s most famous paintings contains small letters and numbers put there intentionally by Leonardo Da Vinci:
From the Daily Mail:
Hidden in the dark paint of her pupils are tiny letters and numbers, placed there by the artist Leonardo da Vinci and revealed only now thanks to high-magnification techniques.
Experts say the barely distinguishable letters and numbers represent something of a real-life Da Vinci code.
The revelation could have come straight from the pages of Dan Brown’s best-seller The Da Vinci Code, in which the Mona Lisa is said to contain hidden clues about the Holy Grail.
Silvano Vinceti, president of Italy’s National Committee for Cultural Heritage, which spotted the symbols, said: ‘To the naked eye the symbols are not visible but with a magnifying glass they can clearly be seen.
‘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.
‘It is very difficult to make them out clearly but they appear to be the letters CE, or it could be the letter B.
‘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.
‘You have to remember the picture is almost 500 years old so it is not as sharp and clear as when first painted.
‘From the preliminary investigations we have carried out we are confident they are not a mistake and were put there by the artist.’
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Comments (102)
mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:23pmThe gay mind of Leo was certainly a strange mind.
Report Post »HighLonesome
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:09pmIts not the original. Leo was doing reprints to get more cash so he could fund his flying machines and such. This print happened to be number CE72 in the series. That guy was a genius!
Report Post »RedPillPatriot
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:50amExactly, the first 71 were far less homely!
Report Post »mikeshawtv
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:08pmMaybe we will finally find out what Mona finds so amusing :-)
Report Post »bobbezza
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:32pmare we even SURE she is amused?????
Report Post »TTown
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:07pmAre these letters or numerals visible to the naked eye or do they require significant magnification to see them? I wonder what resources Da Vinci had available to him to even be able to produce these..
Report Post »bobbezza
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:30pmThat is an excellent point, maybe we are being mysterious about the wrong things…
Report Post »javablanca
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:55pmyeah…i CAN smell another ‘Brown” book coming down the pipe….
Report Post »bobbezza
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:49pmMy gosh, this has nothing to do with Dan Brown, only the artist, and now will come others you will tell you what Da Vinci meant, which is equally blind. He was an extremely innovational man and very complex, the time in which he lived was layered institutional diffuculties which is very had to devine in relational to Leonardo..
Report Post »American Saint
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:49pmI‘d be willing to bet it’s nothing more than natural markings. Kind of like gazing at the clouds. You see an anorexic elephant and I see a dragon blowing a flame out of his rear. Is it CE or a B? logically, I‘d say it’s a random brush stroke!
Report Post »suzy000
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:31pmDa Vinci had a habit of painting over his previous works….I wonder if this was one of those and earlier markings of a previous painting could be what they are seeing……I guess we just have to wait.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:19pmWhat a load of crap. How many people have looked at this painting all these years and now you JUST discover initials and numbers? Balogna!
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:32pmMy thoughts exactly. And with nothing more than a magnifying glass no less!
Report Post »Carrie3570
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:19pmlol… I thought of paint by numbers too when I read the headline.
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:19pmI always knew that chic kept numbers
Report Post »DeltaHawk
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:18pmName and date of painting Too easy. People who don’t believe in God will believe anything else!
Report Post »Masamune
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:16pmThe plot thickens!!!
Report Post »lylee
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:17pmYou mean “the POT thickens”. Just a typo I’m sure.
Report Post »john w. gault
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:11pmFascinating to me…would love to know “the rest of the story.”
Report Post »dont ****** me bro
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:08pmit tells the world to listen to Barack Obama…it says ‘Yes we can!!!”
Report Post »lylee
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:05pmOMG we are doomed!
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:07pmThat velvet background should have been the giveaway! http://www.herrschners.com/Product/The+Mona+Lisa+PaintByNumber+Kit.aspx
Report Post »Constitutional
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:06pmI knew it was just a paint-by-numbers knock off.
Report Post »toxic_freedom
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:12pmits funny they said they had seen what was possibly a 3 and a 7 in the eyes looking at your link 37.99 is the price of the paint by numbers version!!!!
Report Post »OhMyGosh
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:05pmAlways something new on the horizon.
Women are always good for intrigue no matter their age!
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:04pmProbably just a coincidence. I mean, a code of symbols doesn’t mean there was an intelligence behind it, right? They probably just evolved there.
Report Post »dkhartman
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:56pmLove it!
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:29pmGood one!
Report Post »rbagala
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:04pmThis reads like another Indiana Jones story. But jest aside it would be fascinating if it indeed is a clue to the holy grail.
Report Post »If the Holy Grail is ever discovered it would be the beacon for all Christianity and it’s fire will lead more to the message of Christ than ever before.
BubbaCoop
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:11pmI disagree. You could discover the cross, the stone that was rolled away, Eden, The Ark, and the original letters of Paul and most unbelievers would continue to have hardened hearts. The evidence is already in favor of the Gospel. Nothing short of His return could convince some.
Report Post »NoName22
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:22pmBubbaCoop is correct, the resurrection of Lazarus comes to mind.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:27pmyou are so right Bubba but when Jesus was here and walking around healing the sick and raising the dead there were many that clamined he was some sort of a devil, I am sure glad i am a beliver and so ready for his return.When i was a young man i worried that i might not be able to stand up for Christ if i were told to denounce him or die but now i know i will gladly stand up for him even if it means i will be beheaded i suppose thats called maturing in my faith
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:32pmIt has been found… It’s Coors lite!!!
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:29pmJesus Christ is the holy vessel of God, the firstfruit, the lamb of God without spot and blemish. Finding a silly cup has nothing to do with God. Roman Catholics like those aritfacts so they can have something to worship outside of the truth of God. They that worship the Lord, worship him in spirit and in truth. There are vessel of mercy that the Lord crafted, meet for his use and there are vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, which one are you?
Report Post »ACCOUNTABLE
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:08pmand even when he returns some will say it is an imposter or that they wanna see the Father before they will believe. For some you will NEVER have enough evidence.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:10pmBiggreenboo is lying. It was budweiser.
Report Post »thx1138v2
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:08amHere is something interesting on the topic of the Holy Grail: What if it isn’t an object but an idea? One of the most interesting shows I’ve seen in years is “The Holy Grail in America.” I think I saw it on the Discovery Channel.
Report Post »JimsGnFshg
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:00pmAnd the plot thickens! Looks like Tom Hanks is going to have a sequal to shoot pretty soon. Isn’t life interesting?
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:12pmThere was already a sequil and it pretty much sucvked…. Probably the reason you didn’t know about it.
Report Post »NoName22
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:21pmThe Da Vinci code is the second book after Angels and Demons……Hollywood produced the movies backwards……
Report Post »GEETAR
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:43pmWell their bringin back the munsters so they must be runnin low on s@#t
Report Post »to make movies about so they gotta create some
untameable-kate
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:59pmA million monkeys with a million typewriters….
Report Post »Did DaVinci have a high powered microscope to see what he was putting in there? I’ll bet it is no more than wishful thinking.
moriarty70
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:11pmRemember who you’re talking about. Not only did he have one, but it looked 10 times cooler than the ones we use now.
Report Post »frgough
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:57pmYep. Never underestimate the power of the human mind to find patterns where none exist.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:52pmOn the back they found (Made in China)
Report Post »dtrask
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:55pmEarly paint-by-numbers?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:30pmYes.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:54pmWhat the left eye say’s is probably; “for a good time call — —-”.
Report Post »Spawnomite
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:10pmThat is probably the case.
Good call.
TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:07pmWould that be a good time? Or perhaps a really EXPENSIVE time? Or maybe its the serial number from the receipt of the Gas-X she just bought, which also explains her smile. It is just relief.
Report Post »Conservo-Atheist
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:53pmHmmm…. Nifty…. Can you smell another Dan Brown book brewing???
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:57pmIf Dan Brown was so smart, why didn’t he know about it?
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:07pmPaint by number, who woujd have thunk that……………
tower7femacamp
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:10pmWhat are they 33 and 666 ?
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:11pmAmaizing!!!! My 9 year old painted a picture last week that had numbers too..
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:15pmI wish Dan Brown would research some of this stuff
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/codex_magica/codex_magica21.htm
He does seem to leave a lot out of his books.
Creestof
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:06pmActually, it is just the models phone number…”Ven-3456″ so he can call her from the local Foto-Mat to tell her that her picture is ready : )
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:34pmhttp://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Illuminati/dc.htm
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:29pmHow do people think the old masters would teach part of the art to their apprentices; they would draft the original sketches set up with a number and letter combination for the functions of coloration and the scale of depth to each color for where it was to be painted.
In short the original paint by number system.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:56pmActually, probably no Dan Brown book here.
There’s no book for him to plagarize as yet.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:22pmMaybe ce is coming end and instead of 72 it is actually 12 as in 2012?
Report Post »free2bme1961
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 5:24am@ GeauxAlready…..lmao….made my day!
Report Post »nealfreakinporter
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:38amHey Tower7FEMACamp….I heard that Jerry Seinfeld set up the FEMA camps, and plans to put us in them, and while placed their before deportation to be de-loused we will all be forced to watch ‘The Soup Nazi” episode.
Lay off the conspiracy theories a bit. …not saying there could be a creadence to some of that…but…your only responses are…this eloborate theory in which poses in pictures tell the story of global domination.
I always just thought the show was funny…but in reality my subconscious was telling me, Jerry Seinfeld has power over me, and I will submit, and watch his show…and down the road I will end up in the FEMA Camp, he and the other Zionist FreeMasons have set up for me.
On a much less sarcastic note…not going to lie, these ‘codes’ are kinda neat.
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