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This novel has provoked popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is perpetuating a lie about Jesus' bloodline and the role of women in church, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. For other uses, see Holy Grail (disambiguation). ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ...

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Plot summary

The book describes the attempts of Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard University, to solve the murder of renowned curator Jacques Saunière (see Bérenger Saunière) of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The title of the novel refers, among other things, to the fact that Saunière's body is found in the Denon Wing of the Louvre naked and posed like Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man, with a cryptic message written beside his body and a Pentacle drawn on his stomach in his own blood. Robert Langdon (June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States) is a fictional professor of religious iconology and symbology at Harvard University who appeared in the Dan Brown novels Angels and Demons (2000) and The Da Vinci Code (2003). ... The word “symbology” appears in several English dictionaries. ... Harvard redirects here. ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ... Bérenger Saunière François Bérenger Saunière (1852-1917) was a priest in the French village of Rennes-le-Château, in the Aude region, from 1885 to 1909. ... This article is about the museum. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... “Da Vinci” redirects here. ... Leonardo da Vincis Vitruvian Man (1492). ... A pentacle or pantacle is an amulet, generally made of parchment, paper or metal (although it can be of other materials), on which the symbol of a spirit being evoked is drawn. ...

Vitruvian Man, by Leonardo da Vinci.

The interpretation of hidden messages in Leonardo's famous works, (which relate to the concept of the Sacred feminine) including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, figure prominently in the solution to the mystery. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 441 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2258 × 3070 pixel, file size: 5. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 441 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2258 × 3070 pixel, file size: 5. ... Leonardo da Vincis Vitruvian Man (1492). ... “Da Vinci” redirects here. ... The sacred feminine refers to the mythic representation of the mother goddess symbolized through images and events connected with fertility and reproduction from the earliest times. ... For other uses, see Mona Lisa (disambiguation). ... The Last Supper (Italian: or LUltima Cena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice dEste. ...

The novel has several concurrent subplots interweaving the lives of different characters. Eventually all the characters are brought together and the subplots resolved in the denouement. The unraveling of the mystery requires the solution to a series of brain-teasers, including anagrams and number puzzles. The ultimate solution is found to be intimately connected with the possible location of the Holy Grail and to a mysterious society called the Priory of Sion, as well as to the Knights Templar. The story also involves the Roman Catholic organization Opus Dei. Denouement, in literature, is the end part of a story after the climax. ... For the game, see Anagrams. ... For other uses, see Holy Grail (disambiguation). ... Prieuré de Sion, usually rendered in English translation as Priory of Sion or even Priory of Zion, is an elusive protagonist in many works of both non-fiction and fiction. ... For other uses, see Knights Templar (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Opus Dei (disambiguation). ...

The novel is the second book by Brown in which Robert Langdon is the main character. The previous book, Angels and Demons, took place in Rome and concerned the Illuminati. Although Angels and Demons is centered on the same character the plots are not dependent upon each other. The next book is tentatively scheduled for release in 2008. Its title is The Solomon Key, and it is understood to concern Freemasonry^{[citation needed]}. Robert Langdon (June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States) is a fictional professor of religious iconology and symbology at Harvard University who appeared in the Dan Brown novels Angels and Demons (2000) and The Da Vinci Code (2003). ... Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Angels and Demons Angels and Demons (Angels & Demons) is a bestselling mystery novel by Dan Brown. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Illuminati (disambiguation). ... The Solomon Key is the working title of a unreleased novel currently being worked on by Dan Brown. ... “Freemasons” redirects here. ...

Characters and their involvement in The Da Vinci Code

These are the principal characters that drive the plot of the story. Some have names that are puns, anagrams or hidden clues: For other uses, see Pun (disambiguation). ...

• Apparently, the relationship between Langdon and Vittoria Vetra from Angels and Demons has ended.
• The full message Saunière wrote on the floor of the Louvre contained the line "P.S. Find Robert Langdon". This was the reason Bezu Fache suspected Langdon of being the murderer. Fache had erased this line before Langdon arrived so that Langdon would not be aware that the police suspected him. Sophie Neveu saw the entire text of the message when it was faxed to her office by the police. Sophie realized immediately that the message was meant for her, since her grandfather used to call her "Princess Sophie" (i.e. "PS"). From this, she also knew Langdon to be innocent. She informs him of this secretly when they are in the Louvre by having him call her personal voicemail box and listen to the message that she had left there for him.
• At the end of the book, Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu seem to be falling in love. They arrange to meet in Florence as Robert and Vittoria did in Angels and Demons.

• Jacques Saunière was the Grand Master of the Priory of Sion and therefore knew the hidden location of the "keystone", which leads to the Holy Grail and documents which would shake the foundation of Christianity and the Church. He was killed in an attempt to extract this information from him and eliminate the top members of the Priory of Sion.
• The reason that Sophie Neveu disassociated herself from her grandfather is that she discovered him participating in a pagan sex ritual (Hieros Gamos) at his home in Normandy, when she made a surprise visit there during a break from boarding school. (That she had observed something was mentioned but what it was that she saw was revealed to no one, including the reader, until near the end when she revealed it to Robert.)
• The other three lines of Saunière's blood message are anagrams. The first line are the digits of the Fibonacci sequence out of order. The second and third lines ("O, Draconian devil!" and "Oh, lame saint!") are anagrams respectively for "Leonardo da Vinci" and "The Mona Lisa" (inexplicably written in English). These clues were meant to lead to a second set of clues. On the glass over the Mona Lisa Saunière wrote the message "So dark the con of Man" with a curator's pen that can only be read in ultra-violet light. This clue is an anagram for Madonna of the Rocks, another Da Vinci painting hanging nearby. Behind this painting, Saunière hid a key. On the key, written with the curator's pen, is an address.
• The key opens a safe deposit box at the Paris branch of the Depository Bank of Zurich. Saunière's account number at the bank is a 10-digit number listing the digits of the first eight Fibonacci numbers: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21.
• The instructions that Saunière revealed to Silas at gunpoint are actually a well-rehearsed lie, namely that the keystone is buried in the Church of Saint-Sulpice beneath an obelisk that lies exactly along the ancient "Rose Line" (the former Prime Meridian which passed through Paris before it was redesignated to pass through Greenwich). The message beneath the obelisk simply contains a reference to a passage in the Book of Job (38:11a, KJV) which reads in part "Hitherto shalt thou go and no further". When Silas reads this, he realizes he has been duped.
• The keystone is actually a cryptex, a cylindrical device supposedly invented by Leonardo Da Vinci for transporting secure messages. In order to open it the combination of rotating components must be arranged in the correct order. If the cryptex is forced open an enclosed vial of vinegar ruptures and dissolves the message, which was written on papyrus. The rosewood box containing the cryptex contains clues to the combination of the cryptex, written in backwards script in the same manner as Leonardo's journals. While fleeing to England aboard Teabing's plane, Langdon solves the riddle and finds the combination to be "S-O-F-I-A".
  

  

  Newton's grave in Westminster Abbey
• The keystone cryptex actually contains a second smaller cryptex with a second riddle that reveals its combination. The riddle, which says to seek the orb that should be on the tomb of "a knight a pope interred", refers not to a medieval knight, but rather to the tomb of Sir Isaac Newton, who was buried in Westminster Abbey, and was eulogized by Alexander Pope (A. Pope). The missing orb refers to the apple which, in popular legend, fell on Newton and inspired the development of his theory of gravity, therefore the combination to the second cryptex is "A-P-P-L-E".
• The Teacher is Sir Leigh Teabing. He learns of the identities of the leaders of the Priory of Sion, bugs their offices and has Silas assassinate them. Rémy is his collaborator. It is Teabing who contacted Bishop Aringarosa, hiding his identity, and duped him into financing the plan to find the Grail. He never intended to hand the Grail over to Aringarosa but is taking advantage of Opus Dei's resolve to find it. Teabing believes that the Priory of Sion has broken its vow to reveal the secret of the Grail to the world at the appointed time. and plans to steal the Grail documents and reveal them to the world himself. It was he who informed Silas that Langdon and Sophie Neveu were at his chateau. He did not seize the keystone from them himself because he did not want to reveal his identity. He summoned Silas to seize the keystone in his house, but himself thwarted Silas, in order to gain Langdon and Sophie's further help with decoding the cryptex. Subsequently, the police raided the house, having followed the tracking device in the truck Langdon had stolen. Teabing led Neveu and Langdon to the Temple Church in London, knowing full well that it was a dead end, in order to stage the hostage scene with Rémy and thereby obtain the keystone without revealing his real plot to Langdon and Neveu. The call Silas received while riding in the limousine with Rémy is in fact Teabing, surreptitiously calling from the back of the limousine.
• In order to erase all knowledge of his work, Teabing kills Rémy by giving him cognac laced with peanut powder, knowing Rémy has a deadly allergy to peanuts. Thus, Rémy dies of an anaphylactic shock. Teabing also anonymously tells the police that Silas is hiding in the London headquarters of Opus Dei.
• In a showdown with Teabing in Westminster Abbey, Langdon secretly opens the second cryptex and removes its contents before destroying it in front of Teabing. Teabing is arrested and led away while fruitlessly begging Langdon to tell him the contents of the second cryptex and the secret location of the Grail.
• Bishop Aringarosa and Silas believe they are saving the Church, not destroying it.
• Bezu Fache finds out that Neveu and Langdon are innocent after Bishop Aringarosa contacts him privately to confess.
• Silas accidentally shoots Aringarosa outside the London headquarters of Opus Dei while fleeing from the police. Realizing his terrible error and that he has been duped, Aringarosa tells Bezu Fache to give the bearer bonds in his briefcase to the families of the murdered leaders of the Priory of Sion. Silas dies of fatal wounds.
• The final message inside the second keystone actually does not refer to Rosslyn Chapel, although the Grail was indeed once buried there, below the Star of David on the floor (the two interlocking triangles are the "blade" and "chalice", i.e., male and female symbols).
• The docent in Rosslyn Chapel is Sophie's long-lost brother.
• The guardian of Rosslyn Chapel, Marie Chauvel, is Sophie's long-lost grandmother, and the wife of Jacques Saunière. She is the woman who participated in the sex ritual with Jacques Saunière.
• Even though all four of the leaders of the Priory of Sion are killed, the secret is not lost, since there is still a contingency plan (never revealed) which will keep the organization and its secret alive.
• The real meaning of the last message is that the Grail is buried beneath the small pyramid (i.e., the "blade", a male symbol) directly below the inverted glass pyramid of the Louvre (i.e., the "chalice", a female symbol, which Langdon and Sophie ironically almost crashed into while making their original escape from Bezu Fache). It also lies beneath the "Rose Line," which is similar to "Rosslyn." Langdon figures out this final piece to the puzzle in the last pages of the book, but he does not appear inclined to tell anyone about this. See La Pyramide Inversée for further discussion.

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Secret of the Holy Grail

Detail of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

As explained by Leigh Teabing to Sophie Neveu, the figure at the right hand of Jesus is supposedly not the apostle John, but Mary Magdalene. According to the book Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus Christ and was in fact pregnant with his child when Jesus was crucified. The absence of a chalice in the painting supposedly indicates that Leonardo knew that Maria Magdalene was actually the Holy Grail (the bearer of Jesus' blood). This is said to be reinforced by the letter "V" that is created with the bodily positions of Jesus and Mary, as "V" is the symbol for the sacred feminine. The apparent absence of the "Apostle John", under this interpretation, is explained by identifying John as "the Disciple Jesus loved", allegedly code for Mary Magdalene (see also Second Apocalypse of James). The book also notes that the color scheme of their garments are inverted: Jesus wears a red blouse with royal blue cape; John/Mary wears a royal blue blouse with red cape — perhaps symbolizing two bonded halves of marriage. Also, if you move John/Mary to right of Jesus, you will see his head fits perfectly onto Jesus' shoulder as if to lay her head on his shoulder. Image File history File links Da_Vinci_The_last_supper_detail_Da_Vinci_code. ... Image File history File links Da_Vinci_The_last_supper_detail_Da_Vinci_code. ... The Last Supper (Italian: or LUltima Cena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice dEste. ... “Da Vinci” redirects here. ... Sir Leigh Teabing is a character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. ... Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu (Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou) in the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code Sophie Neveu is a fictional character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... John the Apostle (Greek Ιωάννης, see names of John) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Religious depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus typically show him supported by nails through the palms. ... Chalice For other uses, see Chalice A chalice (from Latin calix, cup) is a goblet intended to hold drink. ... For other uses, see Holy Grail (disambiguation). ... Jesus and the Beloved Disciple, polychromed and gilded wood, c 1320 The phrase the disciple whom Jesus loved or Beloved Disciple is used several times in the Gospel of John, but in none of the other accounts of Jesus. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... The Second Apocalypse (which means revelation or vision) of James, part of the New Testament apocrypha, was first discovered amongst 52 other Gnostic Christian texts spread over 13 Codices by an Arab peasant, Mohammad Ali al-Samman, in the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi late in December 1945. ...

According to the novel, the secrets of the Holy Grail, as kept by the Priory of Sion, are as follows: For other uses, see Holy Grail (disambiguation). ... Prieuré de Sion, usually rendered in English translation as Priory of Sion or even Priory of Zion, is an elusive protagonist in many works of both non-fiction and fiction. ...

• The Holy Grail is not a physical chalice, but a woman, namely Mary Magdalene, who carried the bloodline of Christ.

• The Old French expression for the Holy Grail, San gréal, actually is a play on Sang réal, which literally means "royal blood" in Old French.

• The Grail relics consist of the documents that testify to the bloodline, as well as the actual bones of Mary Magdalene.

• The Grail relics of Mary Magdalene were hidden by the Priory of Sion in a secret crypt, perhaps beneath Rosslyn Chapel.

• The Church has suppressed the truth about Mary Magdalene and the Jesus bloodline for 2000 years. This is principally because they fear the power of the sacred feminine in and of itself and because this would challenge the primacy of Saint Peter as an apostle.

• Mary Magdalene was of royal descent (through the Jewish House of Benjamin) and was the wife of Jesus, of the House of David. That she was a prostitute was slander invented by the Church to obscure their true relationship. At the time of the Crucifixion, she was pregnant. After the Crucifixion, she fled to Gaul, where she was sheltered by the Jews of Marseille. She gave birth to a daughter, named Sarah. The bloodline of Jesus and Mary Magdalene became the Merovingian dynasty of France.

• The existence of the bloodline was the secret that was contained in the documents discovered by the Crusaders after they conquered Jerusalem in 1099 (see Kingdom of Jerusalem). The Priory of Sion and the Knights Templar were organized to keep the secret.

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• Leonardo was a member of the Priory of Sion and knew the secret of the Grail. The secret is in fact revealed in The Last Supper, in which no actual chalice is present at the table. The figure seated next to Christ is not a man, but a woman, his wife Mary Magdalene. Most reproductions of the work are from a later alteration that obscured her obvious female characteristics.

• The androgyny of the Mona Lisa reflects the sacred union of male and female which is implied in the holy union of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Such parity between the cosmic forces of masculine and feminine has long been a deep threat to the established power of the Church. The name Mona Lisa is actually an anagram for "Amon L'Isa", referring to the father and mother gods of Ancient Egyptian religion (namely Amun and Isis).

A number of different authors also speculate about the possibility of Jesus becoming a father. There are at least three children attributed to him, a daughter Tamar, born before the Crucifixion, and two sons Jesus (the Jesus Justus from the New Testament) and Josephes, both born after the Resurrection. Although their names are now part of the common culture of conspiracy writers, only two decades ago, when Holy Blood, Holy Grail was written, the names were not mentioned. The royal descents that lie at the heart of The Da Vinci Code mystery centre on the family of Josephes, who is supposed to be the grandfather of Aminadab del Graal, first of the "Fisher Kings". However the genealogies that are quoted in Grail lore appear to record too few generations, with children regularly being born to fathers in their 40s. The Last Supper was the last meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his death. ... This page is about the title, office or what is known in Christian theology as the Divine Person. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... For other uses, see Mona Lisa (disambiguation). ... Egyptian goddess Isis protecting a mummified pharaoh, a late Ptolemic relief from the Philae Temple, which was first built in the thirtieth dynasty, c. ... Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen, Greek Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων Hammon, Egyptian Yamanu) was the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who gradually rose to become one of the most important deities in Ancient Egypt, before fading into obscurity. ... This article discusses the ancient goddess Isis. ... Book cover of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail 2005 illustrated hardcover edition. ...

The mystery within the mystery

Part of the advertising campaign for the novel was that the artwork in the American version of the bookjacket held various codes, and that the reader who solved them via the author's website would be given a prize. Several thousand people actually solved the codes, and one name was randomly chosen to be the winner, with the name announced on live television, Good Morning America, in early 2004. The prize was a trip to Paris. This article is about algorithms for encryption and decryption. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ...

The five hidden puzzles reveal

• That the back of the book jacket conceals latitude and longitude coordinates, written in reverse, light red on dark red. Adding one degree to the latitude gives the coordinates of the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Northern Virginia, which is the location of a mysterious sculpture called Kryptos. The coordinates were taken from part of the decrypted text of part 2 of the sculpture (part 4 has never been solved). When Brown has been asked why the coordinates are one degree off, his reply has been, "The discrepancy is intentional".

• Bold letters are present on the book jacket. There is a secret message hidden in the text of the book flaps. The message: Is there no help for the widow's son (a reference to Freemasonry).

• The words "only WW knows" can be seen on the back cover. It is a phrase printed invertedly, in the torn part of the book cover. This too is a reference to part 2 of the Kryptos sculpture.^[3]

• A circle with numbers, between the Doubleday logo and the barcode, reveals a secret message. These are the chapter numbers where the initial letters are arranged in Caesar box format.

• There is reverse writing on the cover of the book, which is the riddle for the first cryptex.

Brown, both via his website and in person, has stated that the puzzles in the bookjacket give hints about the subject of his next novel, The Solomon Key. This repeats a theme from his earlier novels. For example, Deception Point had an encrypted message which, when solved, said, "The Da Vinci Code will surface". This article is about the geographical term. ... Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly utilized in cartography and global navigation. ... CIA redirects here. ... Map of Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. ... Kryptos on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia (U.S. Government image). ... “Freemasons” redirects here. ... Doubleday is one of the largest book publishing companies in the world. ... Digital Fortress is a novel by American author Dan Brown and published in 1998 by St. ... The Solomon Key is the working title of a unreleased novel currently being worked on by Dan Brown. ... Deception Point book cover Deception Point (2001) is a thriller novel by Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress. ...

In the simplified Chinese version of The Da Vinci Code, the cover has a secret text; however, this text can be easily seen. It reads: "13-3-2-1-1-8-5 O, Draconian devil! Oh, Lame Saint! P.S. Find Robert Langdon." This is the multiply encrypted clue written in invisible ink next to the dead body in the museum which kicks off the plot of the entire novel. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Invisible ink is a substance used for writing, which is either invisible on application, or soon thereafter, and which later on can be made visible by some means. ...

Inspiration and influences

Direct inspiration

The novel is part of the exploration of alternative religious history. Its principal source book is listed as per the court case, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince's The Templar Revelation, as well as the books by Margaret Starbird. Holy Blood, Holy Grail (which is explicitly named, among several others, at the beginning of chapter 60), was stated by Dan Brown not to be amongst his primary research material for the book. It has been claimed that The Da Vinci Code is a romanticised version of this work, which was itself based on a series of documentaries that ran on the BBC in the 1970s, all written and/or directed by Henry Lincoln. The main similarity includes the idea that the Merovingian kings of France were descendants from the bloodline of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. In reference to Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent (two of the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail), Brown named the principal Grail expert of his story "Leigh Teabing" (an anagram of "Baigent Leigh"). Brown confirmed this during the court case. In reply to the suggestion that Lincoln was also referenced, as he has medical problems resulting in a severe limp, like the character of Leigh Teabing, Brown stated he was unaware of Lincoln's illness and the correspondence was a coincidence. After losing before the High Court in July 12, 2006, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh appealed, unsuccessfully, to the Court of Appeal.^[4][5] Following the trial, it was found that the publicity had actually significantly boosted UK sales of Holy Blood, Holy Grail^[6] Lynn Picknett is a writer, researcher, and lecturer on the paranormal, the occult, and historical and religious mysteries. ... The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ is a book written by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince and published in 1997. ... Holy Blood, Holy Grail is a controversial New York Times bestselling book by authors Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, which was published in 1982 by Dell (ISBN 055212138) in London. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Henry Lincoln (born 1930) is the most popular pseudonym of Henry Soskin, an English writer and actor. ... For other uses, see Merovingian (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (usually known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales (which under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, is to be known as the... Her Majestys Court of Appeal is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords above it. ... Holy Blood, Holy Grail is a controversial New York Times bestselling book by authors Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, which was published in 1982 by Dell (ISBN 055212138) in London. ...

Brown has reworked themes and characters from his own earlier novel Angels and Demons, specifically the main character, Robert Langdon. Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Angels and Demons Angels and Demons (Angels & Demons) is a bestselling mystery novel by Dan Brown. ...

European readers and critics noted some striking similarities between the "Da Vinci Code" and a Norwegian novel, "Sirkelens ende" ("Circle's End") by Tom Egeland, published in 2001 (two years before the Da Vinci code). Like the "Da Vinci Code", "Circle's End" involves an ancient mystery and a worldwide conspiracy, the discovery that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, and an albino as one of the central characters. In both novels, the main female character turns out to be a living descendant of Christ and Mary Magdalene, and the daughter/granddaughter of the last grand master of a secret order. Many European readers have speculated that Dan Brown had plagiarized Tom Egeland's book. Since the Norwegian novel has not been translated into English, it is generally assumed today that the similarities between the two books, although striking, are coincidental. The author himself, Tom Egeland, has in numerous interviews in European media dismissed the claim of Brown's novel plagiarizing his own novel, stating that the similarities just show that he and Brown more or less have done the same research and found the same sources. Tom Egeland (born 1959) is a Norwegian author. ...

Indirect inspiration

Umberto Eco's earlier Foucault's Pendulum also deals with conspiracies, codes, a chase around the monuments of Paris, including the Holy Blood conundrum (which is mentioned in passing) and the Knights Templar, but does so in a more critical fashion — it is in fact a satire about the futility of conspiracy theories and the people who believe them. Foucault's Pendulum has since been dubbed "the thinking man's The Da Vinci Code". Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932) is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa) and his many essays. ... Cover of Foucaults Pendulum, 1989 Picador edition. ... 1867 edition of Punch, a ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a good deal of satire of the contemporary social and political scene. ...

Foucault's Pendulum itself is reminiscent in plot, theme and structure to the earlier The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, published 13 years earlier. “Illuminatus” redirects here. ... Robert Joseph Shea (1933 - March 10, 1994) was the co-author (with Robert Anton Wilson) of The Illuminatus! Trilogy. ... Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson or RAW (January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was a prolific American novelist, essayist, philosopher, psychologist, futurologist, anarchist, and conspiracy theory researcher. ...

Opus Dei was then cast in the role of the "evil opposition", used to destroy the bloodline. As the bloodline has never proven to be real, but merely a theory proposed in "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", there is no direct inspiration for this. It is believed Opus Dei's alleged controversial past allowed Brown to weave the organisation into his novel. On a symbolic level, the Priory of Sion (male and female membership and leadership, "good") and the Opus Dei (male-only leaders, "bad") are at opposite sides of the scale. The latter is thus depicted as the attack dog of the Catholic Church, seeking to destroy the former and maintain the status quo. According to the novel, man needs woman for wholeness and, in fact, for experiencing the divine by means of sex (see the Hieros Gamos ritual)--for example, in one's orgasm, there is a short period of time when a person's mind is completely empty, when one makes contact with God. For other uses, see Opus Dei (disambiguation). ... Book cover of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail 2005 illustrated hardcover edition. ... Prieuré de Sion, usually rendered in English translation as Priory of Sion or even Priory of Zion, is an elusive protagonist in many works of both non-fiction and fiction. ... For other uses, see Opus Dei (disambiguation). ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... Jupiter and Juno, by Agostino Carracci Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, holy wedding) or Hierogamy (Greek ιερογαμία, again holy wedding) means a coupling (sometimes marriage) of a god and a man or a woman, often having a symbolic meaning and generally conducted in the spring. ...

Literary and historical criticism

Main article: Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code

The book generated criticism when it was first published, due to speculations and misrepresentations of core aspects of Christianity, the history of the Catholic Church, and descriptions of European art, history, and architecture. The book has received mostly negative reviews from Catholic and other Christian communities, as well as historians. This article is about the controversies regarding the novel. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ...

On February 22, 2004, an article titled "The Last Word: The Da Vinci Con" appeared in the New York Times by writer Laura Miller^[7]. Miller attacks the Da Vinci Code on multiple levels referring to it as "based on a notorious hoax", "rank nonsense", and "bogus", as she points out how heavily the book rests on the fabrications of Pierre Plantard (including the Priory of Sion which didn't exist until Plantard created it) who in 1953 was arrested and convicted for just such frauds. Pierre Athanase Marie Plantard (born March 18, 1920, died February 3, 2000) was the principal figure associated with the known history of the Priory of Sion, and is widely believed to have been the main creator of many of the claims about the Priorys supposed past history that later...

Critics accuse Brown of distorting and fabricating history. For example, Marcia Ford wrote:

Richard Abanes wrote: Richard Abanes (b. ...

The book opens with the claim by Dan Brown that "The Priory of Sion- A European secret society founded in 1099- is a real organization" and that "all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents [...] and secret rituals in this novel are accurate"; but this claim is disputed by almost all academic scholars in the fields the book discusses ^[10]. The Priory of Sion itself was not a real secret society established in 1099 but actually a hoax created in 1956 by a Mr. Pierre Plantard. Pierre Athanase Marie Plantard (born March 18, 1920, died February 3, 2000) was the principal figure associated with the known history of the Priory of Sion, and is widely believed to have been the main creator of many of the claims about the Priorys supposed past history that later...

As widely noted in the media, there has been substantial confusion among readers about whether the book is factual. Numerous works have been published that explain in detail why any claim to accuracy is difficult to substantiate, while two lawsuits have been brought alleging plagiarism in The Da Vinci Code. The second, by the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail claiming textual infringement of copyright, was found in Dan Brown's favor. Holy Blood, Holy Grail is a controversial New York Times bestselling book by authors Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, which was published in 1982 by Dell (ISBN 055212138) in London. ...

Dan Brown himself dilutes the suggestion of some of the more controversial aspects being fact on his web site: "The "FACT" page makes no statement whatsoever about any of the ancient theories discussed by fictional characters. Interpreting those ideas is left to the reader." ^[11]. However, it also says that "these real elements are interpreted and debated by fictional characters", "it is my belief that some of the theories discussed by these characters may have merit." and "the secret behind The Da Vinci Code was too well documented and significant for me to dismiss." It is therefore entirely understandable why there would continue to be confusion as to what is the factual content of the book.

Brown's earlier statements about the accuracy of the historical information in his book, however, were far more strident. In 2003, while promoting his novel, he was asked in interviews what parts of the history in his novel actually happened. He replied "Absolutely all of it." In a 2003 interview with CNN's Martin Savidge he was again asked how much of the historical background was true. He replied, "99 percent is true ... the background is all true". Asked by Elizabeth Vargas in an ABC News special if the book would have been different if he had written it as non-fiction he replied, "I don't think it would have." ^[12] More recently Brown has avoided interviews and has been rather more circumspect about the accuracy of his claims in his few public statements. He has also, however, never retracted any of his earlier assertions that the history in the novel is accurate, despite substantial academic criticism of his claims.

In 2005, UK TV personality Tony Robinson edited and narrated a detailed rebuttal of the main arguments of Dan Brown and those of Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln, "The Real Da Vinci Code", shown on British TV Channel 4. The program featured lengthy interviews with many of the main protagonists cited by Brown as "absolute fact" in The Da Vinci Code. Arnaud de Sède, son of Gérard de Sède, stated categorically that his father and Plantard had made up the existence of the Prieuré de Sion, the cornerstone of the Jesus bloodline theory - to quote Arnaud de Sede in the program, "frankly, it was piffle". The program also cast severe doubt on the Rosslyn Chapel association with the Grail and on other related stories like the alleged landing of Mary Magdalene in France. Tony Robinson (born 15 August 1946) is an English actor, broadcaster and political campaigner, known for playing the part of Baldrick in the BBC TV series Blackadder and for hosting a number of shows on Channel 4, the most noteworthy being Time Team. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Gérard de Sède (5 June 1921 – 29 May 2004) (real name Gérard de Sède de Lieux) was a French author who popularised the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau by re-writing a Pierre Plantard manuscript that failed to find a publisher: this was the 1967 L... The Prieuré de Sion, usually rendered in English translation as Priory of Sion or Priory of Zion, has, since 1956, been an alleged cabal featured in many conspiracy theories and works of pseudohistory. ... The Jesus bloodline (not to be confused with the genealogy of Jesus) is the modern theory that Jesus Christ had a natural child with Mary Magdalene which was then taken to Egypt and then to France, either during Magdalenes pregnancy or as a young child, and whose blood descendants... Rosslyn Chapel. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ...

US Catholic bishops launched a website ^[13] rebutting the key claims in the novel. The bishops are concerned about what they perceive as serious mis-statements in The Da Vinci Code.

Portrayal of Gnostic Christianity

According to The Da Vinci Code, the Roman Emperor Constantine I suppressed Gnostic Christianity because it portrayed Jesus as purely human. The novel's argument is as follows. Constantine wanted Christianity to act as a unifying religion for the Roman Empire. He thought Christianity would appeal to pagans only if it featured a demigod similar to pagan heroes. According to the Gnostic Gospels, Jesus was a merely human prophet, not a demigod. Therefore, to change Jesus' image, Constantine destroyed the Gnostic Gospels and promoted the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, which portray Jesus as divine or semidivine.^[14] Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[2] (27 February c. ... Gnosticism is a blanket term for various religions and sects most prominent in the first few centuries A.D. General characteristics The word gnosticism comes from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis (γνῶσις), referring to the idea that there is special, hidden mysticism (esoteric knowledge... The term demigod, meaning half-god, is a modern distinction, often misapplied in Greek mythology. ...

Historically, however, Gnostic Christianity did not portray Jesus as merely human. Some Gnostic writings do depict Jesus interacting with his disciples in a wholly human way, one example being the Gospel of Mary, but the general Gnostic depiction of Jesus is not clear-cut. Other Gnostic writings depict Christ as purely divine, his human body being a mere illusion (see Docetism). (Some Gnostic sects saw Christ this way because they regarded matter as evil, and therefore believed that a divine spirit would never have taken on a material body.^[15]) It should be remarked that the category of 'gnosticism' includes a wide variety of beliefs and practices, and generalizing about them can therefore be misleading; indeed, early Christianity itself, even outside of Gnosticism, was a highly innovative and varying movement. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In Christianity, Docetism (from the Greek [dokeō], to seem) is the belief that Jesus physical body was an illusion, as was his crucifixion; that is, Jesus only seemed to have a physical body and to physically die, but in reality he was incorporeal, a pure spirit, and hence could not...

Parodies

The book was parodied in the South Park episode Fantastic Easter Special. One of the main characters, Stan, is unable to reconcile Jesus coming back from the dead and a bunny hiding coloured eggs. He later learns there is a secret society of Easter Bunnies protecting the secret that St Peter was a rabbit - Jesus of course naming "Peter Rabbit" as pope because rabbits were pure and didn't wish to meddle in the private lives of others. During the course of the episode it is revealed that Da Vinci was a member of "The Hare Club for Men" (chicks wouldn't understand) and hid the truth about Peter in his painting of the Last Supper - eggs on the table, and Peter actually having bugs bunny ears hidden beneith the paint. Also cited was the Pope's hat, it "makes no sense, except that it was originally made for a rabbit." The Vatican attempts to cover up this secret and is only stopped by Jesus, the first time the character has returned since dying in Iraq in Red Sleigh Down. This article is about the TV series. ... Fantastic Easter Special is episode 1105 (#158) of the animated series South Park. ... According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside-down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ... Red Sleigh Down (a. ...

In 2006 the BBC program Dead Ringers parodied the Da Vinci Code, calling it the Da Rolf Harris Code. A dead ringer is slang for a doppelgänger. ...

In 2007 a parody of the book was included in the film Epic Movie. For the film genre see Epic film. ...

In 2005 the book was parodied by Adam Roberts with The Va Dinci Cod, and by Toby Clements with the Asti Spumante Code. Adam Git Roberts (born 1965) is an academic git, critic and git novelist. ... The Va Dinci Cod, written by British comedian A. R. R. Robert under the pen name Don Brime (a parody of Dan Brown, is a parody of the New York Times Bestseller, The Da Vinci Code The character names in the novels are reminicent of the well-known characters: Sophie...

The book and film are the subject of parody with the Norman Rockwell Code Movie.

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In 2006 popular South African political cartoonist Zapiro published a book collection of his strips entitled Da Zuma Code which parodies the former deputy president Jacob Zuma. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is a artist who draws cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. ... Zapiro is the nom de plume of South African political cartoonist Jonathon Shapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications. ... Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born Inkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, April 12, 1942) is a former Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa and current deputy president of the governing political party, the African National Congress (ANC). ...

While not a parody, the book received a mention on the BBC quiz show QI, in which Stephen Fry declared the book to be 'complete loose stool water' and 'arse gravy of the worst kind'. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s. ... For other uses, see QI (disambiguation). ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ...

In 2007, the book was parodied as "The da Vinci Mole", this time centering on the belief that Jesus and da Vinci were extraterrestrials. The author was listed as being "Dr. Ian Browne" but in an Author's Note he repeatedly states it is an editor's pseudonym for a name that "suffice to say, you would recognize immediately". Extraterrestrial life refers to forms of life that may exist and originate outside of the planet Earth. ...

Release details

The Da Vinci Code book cover (UK 1st edition)

US Mass market paperback with "Now a major motion picture" highlight.

The book has been translated into over 40 languages, primarily in hardcover.^[16] Alternate formats include audio cassette, CD, and e-book. Most recently, a Trade Paperback edition was released March 2006 in conjunction with the film. Image File history File links Davinci_code. ... Image File history File links Davinci_code. ... Image File history File links Da-vinci-mass-market. ... Image File history File links Da-vinci-mass-market. ...

Major English-language (hardcover) editions include:

• (US) The Da Vinci Code, March 18, 2003 (First edition), Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-50420-9.
• The Da Vinci Code, Special Illustrated Edition, November 2, 2004, Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-51375-5 (as of January 2006, has sold 576,000 copies).
• (UK) The Da Vinci Code, April 2004, Corgi Adult. ISBN 0-552-14951-9.
• (UK) The Da Vinci Code: The Illustrated Edition, October 2, 2004, Bantam Press. ISBN 0-593-05425-3.
• (US/Canada) The Da Vinci Code (Trade Paperback edition), March 2006, Anchor Books.
• On March 28, 2006, Anchor Books released 5 million paperback copies of the book, and Broadway Books released 200,000 paperback copies of The Da Vinci Code Special Illustrated Edition.
• On May 19, the day of the film's release, Doubleday and Broadway Books released The Da Vinci Code Illustrated Screenplay: Behind the Scenes of the Major Motion Picture, by screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, with the introductions by Ron Howard and Dan Brown. It included film stills, behind-the-scenes photos and the full script. There were 25,000 copies of the hardcover, and 200,000 of the paperback version.^[17]

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Film

Main article: The Da Vinci Code (film)

Sony's Columbia Pictures has adapted the novel to film, with a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman, and Academy Award winner Ron Howard directing. The film was released on May 19, 2006, and stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu, and Sir Ian McKellen as Leigh Teabing. The film had an opening weekend gross of $77,073,388. By the end of 2006, it had grossed about $244 million in the U.S. alone and has done very well in other markets, grossing over $700,000,000 worldwide, making it the second highest grossing movie of 2006. On November 14, 2006 the movie was released on DVD. This article is about the film. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... Akiva Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor in the motion picture industry. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor, and an Academy Award winning film director, and producer, known for his roles on sitcoms, movies and television. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist, writer, and movie producer. ... Robert Langdon (June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States) is a fictional professor of religious iconology and symbology at Harvard University who appeared in the Dan Brown novels Angels and Demons (2000) and The Da Vinci Code (2003). ... Audrey Tautou (IPA: ; , born August 9, 1976) is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing the title character in the award-winning French film Amélie (2001, Le Fabuleux Destin dAmélie Poulain) and also Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006). ... Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu (Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou) in the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code Sophie Neveu is a fictional character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. ... Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is an English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. ... Sir Leigh Teabing portrayed by Sir Ian McKellen in The Da Vinci Code. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

See also

• Alfred Tennyson
• Angels and Demons
• Christian anarchism
• Constantinian Shift
• Desposyni - Jesus's known family
• Gospel of Mary Magdalene
• Godfrey of Bouillon
• Holy Blood, Holy Grail
• Judas Testament
• Mystery
• Nautonnier
• Smithy code
• Virgin of the Rocks
• The Da Vinci Hoax
• The Da Vinci Game
• The Jesus Scroll

Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Angels and Demons Angels and Demons (Angels & Demons) is a bestselling mystery novel by Dan Brown. ... Christian anarchism is any of several traditions which combine anarchism with Christianity. ... Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Raphael, Vatican Rooms. ... The Desposyni (from Greek (desposunos) of or belonging to the master or lord[1]) was a sacred name reserved only for Jesus blood relatives. ... The Gospel of Mary Magdalene was found in the Akhmim Codex, a gnostic text of the New Testament apocrypha acquired by Dr. Rheinhardt in Cairo in 1896. ... Godfrey of Bouillon, from a tapestry painted in 1420 Godfrey of Bouillon (c. ... Holy Blood, Holy Grail is a controversial New York Times bestselling book by authors Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, which was published in 1982 by Dell (ISBN 055212138) in London. ... The Judas Testament is a pejorative term referring to any hypothetical and apocryphal gospel written by an apostle of the historical Jesus or Jesus himself that would severely call into question the historicity of the words and acts attributed to Jesus in the New Testament and create great dismay amongst... Look up mystery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Nautonnier is an Old French word for a navigator. ... This article refers to a cipher devised in 2006 by Mr Justice Peter Smith. ... The Virgin of the Rocks and Madonna of the Rocks are terms used to describe two different paintings with almost identical compositions. ... The Da Vinci Hoax is a non-fiction book written by Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel for the express purpose of critiquing Dan Browns novel The Da Vinci Code. ... The Da Vinci Game box cover. ... Paperback edition of The Jesus Scroll The Jesus Scroll was a book first published in 1972 and written by Australian author Donovan Joyce. ...

Notes

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Bibliography

This is a bibliography of works about or related to The Da Vinci Code. A partial bibliography by Dan Brown can be found here. This article is about the writer. ...

Further reading

Non-fiction

• Richard Abanes, The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code (Harvest House Publishers, 2004). ISBN 0-7369-1439-0.
• James A. Beverley, Counterfeit Code: Responding to the Da Vinci Heresies (Bayridge Books, 2005). ISBN 1-897213-01-8.
• Darrell Bock and Francis Moloney, Breaking the Da Vinci Code (Nelson Books, 2004). ISBN 0-7852-6046-3.
• Dan Burstein (ed), Secrets of the Code (CDS Books, 2004). ISBN 1-59315-022-9.
• Greg Clarke, "Is It Worth Believing? The Spiritual Challenge of the Da Vinci Code" (Matthias Media, 2005). ISBN 1-921068-17-5.
• Bart D. Ehrman, Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code (Oxford University Press, 2004). ISBN 0-19-518140-9.
• Laurence Gardner, Genesis of the Grail Kings: The Explosive Story of Genetic Cloning and the Ancient Bloodline of Jesus (Fair Winds Press, 2002). ISBN 1-931412-93-6.
• Robin Griffith-Jones, "The Da Vinci Code" and the Secrets of the Temple (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2006). ISBN 0-8028-4038-8.
• Nicky Gumbel, The Da Vinci Code: a response (Alpha International). ISBN 1-904074-81-2.
• Alpha International Video Religious viewpoint courtesy of the Alpha International
• Haag, Michael, and Haag, Veronica, "The Rough Guide to The Da Vinci Code", London 2004 ISBN 1-84353-517-3, film edition London 2006 ISBN 1-84353-713-3.
• Bernard Hamilton, Puzzling Success: Specious history, religious bigotry and the power of symbols in The Da Vinci Code (Times Literary Supplement no 5332 10 June 2005, pp. 20-21).
• Hank Hanegraaff and Paul Maier, Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction? (Tyndale House Publishers, 2004). ISBN 1-4143-0279-7.
• Steve Kellmeyer, Fact and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code (Bridegroom Press, 2004). ISBN 0-9718128-6-1.
• Grenville Kent and Philip Rodionoff, The Da Vinci Decode (Signs Publishing Company, 2006). ISBN 1-876010-90-8.
• Karen L. King, The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle (Polebridge Press, 2003) ISBN 0-944344-58-5.
• Erwin Lutzer, The Da Vinci Deception (Tyndale House Publishers, 2006). ISBN 1-4143-0633-4.
• Sharan Newman, The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code (Berkley Trade, 2005) ISBN 0-425-20012-4.
• Josh McDowell, The Da Vinci Code
• Carl Olson and Sandra Miesel, The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius Press, 2004). ISBN 1-58617-034-1.
• Robert M. Price, The Da Vinci Fraud: Why the Truth is Stranger than Fiction (Prometheus Books, 2005). ISBN 1-59102-348-3.
• Shea, Mark (2006). The Da Vinci Deception. West Chester PA: Ascenstion Press. ISBN 1-932927-64-6. 
• Margaret Starbird, The Goddess in the Gospels (Bear & Company, 1998). ISBN 1-879181-55-X.
• Margaret Starbird, The Woman with the Alabaster Jar (Bear & Company, 1993). ISBN 1-879181-03-7.
• Amy Welborn, De-Coding Da Vinci (Our Sunday Visitor, 2004). ISBN 1-59276-101-1.
• Samael Aun Weor, The Da Vinci Gospel (Logos Press, 2005). ISBN 1-4116-4274-0. (See also The Perfect Matrimony a primary work published in 1950 by the same author).
• Ben Witherington III, The Gospel Code (InterVarsity Press, 2004). ISBN 0-8308-3267-X.
• Brighton, Simon (2006-06-15). In Search of the Knights Templar: A Guide to the Sites in Britain (Hardback), London, England: Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 0-297-84433-4. 

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Fiction

• Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum (Ballantine Press, 1990). ISBN 0-345-36875-4.
• Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas, The Second Messiah (Element Books, 1998). ISBN 1-86204-248-9.
• Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction (Bantam, 1971). ISBN 0-553-34948-1.
• Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume (Bantam, 1984). ISBN 0-553-34898-1.
• Christopher Dawes, Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005). ISBN 1-56025-678-8.
• Haigins, Shawn (2007-10-1). The Rozabal Line (Paperback), USA: Lulu. ISBN 1-43032-754-5. 

Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932) is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa) and his many essays. ... Cover of Foucaults Pendulum, 1989 Picador edition. ... Tom Robbins at a reading of Wild Ducks Flying Backward in San Francisco on September 24, 2005 Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. ... Tom Robbins at a reading of Wild Ducks Flying Backward in San Francisco on September 24, 2005 Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. ... Christopher Dawes is a British journalist and book author. ... Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail is a book written by Christopher Dawes and published in 2005 by Thunder’s Mouth Press in the US (ISBN 1560256788) and by Sceptre Books in the UK (ISBN 0340832118). ...

Books

• Henry Beard, The Dick Cheney Code (Simon & Schuster, 2004). ISBN 0-7432-7002-9.
• Toby Clements, The Asti Spumante Code (Time Warner Trade Publishing, 2005). ISBN 0-7515-3768-3.
• Sharron Connelly, "The Charade of Mona Lisa Vol I and II, reveals the secrets of Mona Lisa, and secrets of Last Supper, (not MARY MAGDALENE) Willow Publications
• Kathy Crimmins, The Dali Code
• Tom Eaton, The de Villiers Code (Penguin SA, 2005). ISBN 0-14-302499-X.
• E.R. Escobar, The Givenchy Code (different book from the one mentioned above)
• Bruno Gambarotta, Il codice Gianduiotto (Italian: 'The Gianduiotto Code'), Asti (Italy), 2006
• Julie Kenner, The Givenchy Code
• Knut Nærum, Madonnagåten (Norwegian: 'The Madonna Riddle')
• Robert Rankin The Da-da-de-da-da Code "every wacky, way-out conspiracy theory you've ever heard: they're all here, wrapped into a plot that will leave Dan Brown fans breathless" (Amazon.co.uk) ISBN 978-0575070110
• Chris Riddell, The Da Vinci Cod And Other Illustrations To Unwritten Books
• Adam Roberts as Don Brine, The Va Dinci Cod later renamed The Va Dinci Cod: A Fishy Parody
• Jay Taylor, The Moretti Code
• Kaye Thomas, The Michelangelo Code (Fairmark Press, 2004). ISBN 0-9674981-2-0.

Henry N. Beard (born probably in 1945) is an American humorist, one of the founders of the National Lampoon and the author of several best-selling books. ... The Gianduiotto is a Piedmontese chocolate whose shape is similar to an upturned boat. ... Robert Rankin Robert Fleming Rankin (born July 27, 1949) is a prolific British humorous novelist. ... The Da-da-de-da-da Code is a novel by the British author Robert Rankin. ... Adam Git Roberts (born 1965) is an academic git, critic and git novelist. ... The Va Dinci Cod, written by British comedian A. R. R. Robert under the pen name Don Brime (a parody of Dan Brown, is a parody of the New York Times Bestseller, The Da Vinci Code The character names in the novels are reminicent of the well-known characters: Sophie...

Other

• Correlations Between The Da Vinci Code and Gulliver's Travels, by Alastair Sweeny
• The Albino Code : A real albino playing Silas in a short film parody.
• Leonardo's Invincible Smile (Spanish)
• The Wrath of Fork Jesus : A short comic strip mystery serial inspired by the ideas behind The Da Vinci Code and set in a world of talking silverware (from the webcomic Detective Fork)
• Create Your Own Dan Brown Novel
• Da Kath & Kim Code, a telemovie of the Australian TV series Kath & Kim
• The 'Da Colbert Code' was used by Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report as a method to predict the outcome of the 78th Academy Awards. He predicted all 4 acting awards and Best Picture correctly.
• Da Rolf Harris Code, a parody based on the artist Rolf Harris on satirical show Dead Ringers.
• Research Guide with background information
• Unravelling Da Vinci's Code Was Jesus a Druid? (Spanish Version)
• The DiCaprio Code is a spoof movie involving a DaVinci Code like investigation into Hollywood
• The mistery of Rennes-le-Chateau: a source for The da Vinci Code (en español)
• Secrets of the Code Decodes Da Vinci Dust Jacket Mystery

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