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The Da Vinci Code.
Experts from the Italian National Committee for Cultural Heritage (National Committee for Cultural Heritage), increasing the image of the famous work of Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo di Vinci) «Mona Lisa» (Mona Lisa), found that in her eyes "hidden" numbers and letters, reports Daily Telegraph.
"Unarmed eye can not make out the characters, but with a magnifying glass they are clearly visible," - said Silvano Vincheti (Silvano Vinceti), president of the committee. The right eye of Mona Lisa written letters «LV», that is, the initials of the Leonardo da Vinci, and the symbols in the left eye is to identify failed. "It is very difficult to pinpoint them, they look like the letters« CE », but it could be a" B "- do not forget that the picture is almost 500 years old, so the lines are not as clear as they were at the beginning," - explained Silvano Vincheti. He added that the bridge rising above the background, it is written the number 72, which, however, may be the letter L and two. According Vincheti, he and his colleagues drew attention to the characters when I read the mention of them in the book 50 years ago, found in an antique shop.
It should be noted that the mysteries of "Mona Lisa" scribbled mountains of paper. It is still unknown who served as the model for Leonardo. In the most common version of it was Lisa Gherardini (Lisa Gherardini), wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo (Francesco del Giocondo). According to the Florentine historian Giuseppe Pallanti (Giuseppe Pallanti), Gherardini family and Leonardo da Vinci lived in neighboring houses. Mona Lisa outlived her husband and died July 15, 1542 at the age of 63 years. The last years of her life she spent in the convent of St. Ursula.
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"Unarmed eye can not make out the characters, but with a magnifying glass they are clearly visible," - said Silvano Vincheti (Silvano Vinceti), president of the committee. The right eye of Mona Lisa written letters «LV», that is, the initials of the Leonardo da Vinci, and the symbols in the left eye is to identify failed. "It is very difficult to pinpoint them, they look like the letters« CE », but it could be a" B "- do not forget that the picture is almost 500 years old, so the lines are not as clear as they were at the beginning," - explained Silvano Vincheti. He added that the bridge rising above the background, it is written the number 72, which, however, may be the letter L and two. According Vincheti, he and his colleagues drew attention to the characters when I read the mention of them in the book 50 years ago, found in an antique shop.
It should be noted that the mysteries of "Mona Lisa" scribbled mountains of paper. It is still unknown who served as the model for Leonardo. In the most common version of it was Lisa Gherardini (Lisa Gherardini), wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo (Francesco del Giocondo). According to the Florentine historian Giuseppe Pallanti (Giuseppe Pallanti), Gherardini family and Leonardo da Vinci lived in neighboring houses. Mona Lisa outlived her husband and died July 15, 1542 at the age of 63 years. The last years of her life she spent in the convent of St. Ursula.
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