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MILAN (Reuters) - A new theory that Leonardo's "Last Supper" might hide within it a depiction of Christ blessing the bread and wine has triggered so much interest that Web sites connected to the picture have crashed.
The famous fresco is already the focus of mythical speculation after author Dan Brown based his "The Da Vinci Code" book around the painting, arguing in the novel that Jesus married his follower, Mary Magdelene, and fathered a child.
Now Slavisa Pesci, an information technologist and amateur scholar, says superimposing the "Last Supper" with its mirror-image throws up another picture containing a figure who looks like a Templar knight and another holding a small baby.
"I came across it by accident, from some of the details you can infer that we are not talking about chance but about a precise calculation," Pesci told journalists when he unveiled the theory earlier this week.
Websites http://www.leonardodavinci.tv, http://www.codicedavinci.tv, http://www.cenacolo.biz and http://www.leonardo2007.com had 15 million hits on Thursday morning alone, organizers said, adding they were trying to provide a more powerful server for the sites.
In the superimposed version, a figure on Christ's left appears to be cradling a baby in its arms, Pesci said, but he made no suggestion this could be Christ's child.
Judas, whose imminent betrayal of Christ is the force breaking the right-hand line of the original fresco, appears in an empty space on the left in the reverse image version.
And Pesci also suggests that the superimposed version shows a goblet before Christ and illustrates when Christ blessed bread and wine at a supper with his disciples for the first Eucharist.
The original Da Vinci depicts Christ when he predicts that one among them will betray him.
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It looks like a baby to me too. Looks like the baby is wearing a cap or maybe it's a halo.
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It does look like a yarmulka now that you mention it. The video was interesting too. To bad I donââ¬â¢t know Italian because I would have liked to know what he was saying.
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Secrets of the Last Supper
After the recent explosion of press and controversy over Slavisa Pesci's discovery of Hidden images in the Last Supper, author Derek Bair is claiming to have made this same discovery months ago. An article about Derek and his discoveries was posted on Unexplained Mysteries back in September 2006: "He has his research on his web site http://www.itsjustlife.com and says he will keep it updated with his current research which includes discovering a new way to view the Last Supper with shows that the feminine looking character is indeed a woman and holding a baby. He insists that this is just a painting and isn't interested in the implications beyond what Da Vinci painted." Derek actually started his research by mirroring paintings on themselves and noticed strange images being formed in them. The Last Supper is just one of the paintings he's discovered hidden images and meaning inside. His main focus has been on the Mona Lisa and another painting with an unaccredited painter of Salai - Da Vinci's lover.
In his book "Discovering Da Vinci's Daughter" Derek documents how and what he's found. He claims to have discovered a new painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, give Da Vinci credit for the creation of the Shroud of Turin (It combines with his drawing of the Vitruvian Man) and the true identity of the Mona Lisa.
In Chapter 3 of his book: A matter of perspective Derek already explains the process of mirroring the Last Supper on itself and how it creates what looks like a baby being passed around the table - almost a year before Slavisa Pesci's released his findings. Derek actually released two press releases for his book but received no response. In light of the attention The Last Supper's getting it's easy to understand Derek's frustration.
"I've been working on my book for over a year, dedicated my entire life to it, and have only sold 4 copies so far! When I first saw an article about "Hidden images in the Last Supper" my heart dropped! Then dropped even more when it was credited to someone else! Then I really freaked out when his site got 15 million hits in a single day! For something I already have in my book! "
Derek has found even more since finishing his book and makes updates on his web site http://www.itsjustlife.com and his blog http://derekbair.blogspot.com he's made his book available to read for free on his site. There is also another web site http://www.n2davinciandbeyond.com/ which has been finding hidden images inside Da Vinci's art as well with even more evidence to support the theory of hidden images.
Derek claims that once he figures the process out that the Mona Lisa will actually produce an animation. He believes that what he's found is something Leonardo Da Vinci left behind for someone to piece together. Despite the controversy and claims of codes and conspiracy Derek developed his theories based off of Da Vinci's own journals and images. He's even found numbers and arrows in the corners of an image he's created from one of Da Vinci's painting that he thinks might be directions or coordinates of some kind.
"I think it's important to remember that Da Vinci is considered to be the greatest genius who has ever lived! What would you do with all that knowledge before there was even such a thing as a light bulb, or photography? You would paint it, layer by layer, everything you knew, everything you had figured out about the world that no one living at your time would believe or understand- THAT is what I believe the Mona Lisa and his art contains. Not a code, but his true legacy to the world - our secrets. I think we're just scratching the surface of what will surly be the greatest re-discovery ever made. Once the right people analyze what Iââ¬â¢ve found and read my book, I think the world will be in for quit a surprise.."
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In his book "Discovering Da Vinci's Daughter" Derek documents how and
what he's found. He claims to have discovered a new painting by Leonardo
Da Vinci, give Da Vinci credit for the creation of the Shroud of Turin
(It combines with his drawing of the Vitruvian Man) and the true
identity of the Mona Lisa.
See i was just asking about this.
Oh great powers send me 2 million dollars! ;)
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I heard that before about the shroud. They said the carbon dating dated it at the time period that Da Vinci lived. On the History Channel they made a good case that Da Vinci created the shroud. Then others say the carbon dating isnââ¬â¢t accurate because of a fire at the church that held the shroud. Then others say that pollen from the shroud has been dated at the time of Christ. So who really knows what the truth is. icon_nixweiss
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