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May 03, 2006

da Vinci decoded

I read the first page of The Da Vinci Code and didn't like it, so possibly I don't count as a leading expert on the topic. ToTheSource has apparently read the whole thing:

People often ask, "How much of The Da Vinci Code is true?" I wearily answer that Paris is in France, London is in England, and Leonardo da Vinci painted pictures. Let's look at four areas where Dan Brown's history is bunk.

In case you're wondering, the four areas are: Constantine, the Knights Templar, the Priory of Sion, and da Vinci as a flamboyant homosexual. There's also a sidebar about the guy who made up the stuff about the Priory that, apparently, Dan Brown fell for. [Tags: da_vinci_code]

Posted by D. Weinberger at May 3, 2006 08:26 AM

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If you didn't like The Da Vinci Code maybe you'll like its parody, The Asti Spumante Code by Toby Clements. Well, you'd have to read the "original" first ... ;-)

Posted by: Markus Pirchner | May 3, 2006 10:45 AM

Regarding the link "ToTheSource:" I think Dan Brown may just be a terrible novelist and not particularly interested in rocking anyone's faith or understanding of christian heritage.

It's a good story with a great fictive premise, ineptly told and embarrassingly rendered. A novelist owes it to his audience to get the facts that he's not making up straight. In this Brown fails, even if the "facts" that he does make up are intriguing, engaging.

The christians who take umbrage might better spend time in prayer and good works, ignoring and letting go of Brown's work entirely. Getting worked up about popular fiction seems a misplaced use of energy.

Of course I'm one of those who appreciates Serrano's "scathing critique on modern urology," so take what I have to say with a grain of salt.

Posted by: fp | May 3, 2006 11:58 AM

For some reason, I did not fling the book across the room when I came to the line declaring that Leonardo da Vinci invented public-key cryptography. I just can't remember what that reason is....

Posted by: Seth Gordon | May 3, 2006 03:00 PM

Folks, its a fictional novel, and I found it an entertaining and quick read. But expecting it to be accurate if like expecting movie physics to be correct.

Posted by: Larry Borsato | May 3, 2006 09:19 PM

http://the-bible-is-wrong.blogspot.com/

Posted by: a rational thinker | May 4, 2006 01:56 AM

Posted by: patty | May 5, 2006 05:06 PM

Der Da Vinci Code ist eine gute UCHRONIE.

Diese Uchronie ist nicht unwahrscheinlicher als die Fabeln der Kirche.
Die "Templiers" sind nicht wegen Blasphemie von Philippe Le Bel und vom Papst erledigt worden.
Sie waren einfach zu mächtig und zu reich für die Karolinger geworden.
Den "Templiers" das Geheimnis der Tochter Jesus: Sarah anhängen zu wollen,
ist eine schöne kontrafaktische Geschichte.
Warum sollten wir aber nicht daran glauben ?
Müssen wir den eidesstaatlichen Versicherungen vom Opus Dei und ihrer Benedikten glauben ?

www.chartaland.de

Posted by: unionsbuerger | May 17, 2006 03:02 AM

I have decided to research the subject as a whole.

Its many different angles and surroundings.

I belive that i cant totally understand something until i hear every piece of evidence however probable or improbable it may be.

Check out my blog and dive further into this massive worlf of fact, fiction and mystery.

http://davinci-planet.blogspot.com

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