Код да Винчи

Chapter 22

           Thestripcleavedthecommunionrailintwoandthencrossedtheentirewidthofthechurch,finallyreachingthecornerofthenorthtransept,whereitarrivedatthebaseofamostunexpectedstructure.

           AcolossalEgyptianobelisk.

           Here,theglisteningRoseLinetookaninety-degreeverticalturnandcontinueddirectlyupthefaceoftheobeliskitself,ascendingthirty-threefeettotheverytipofthepyramidicalapex,whereitfinallyceased.

           TheRoseLine,Silasthought.ThebrotherhoodhidthekeystoneattheRoseLine.

           Earliertonight,whenSilastoldtheTeacherthatthePriorykeystonewashiddeninsideSaint-Sulpice,theTeacherhadsoundeddoubtful.ButwhenSilasaddedthatthebrothershadallgivenhimapreciselocation,withrelationtoabrasslinerunningthroughSaint-Sulpice,theTeacherhadgaspedwithrevelation.«YouspeakoftheRoseLine!»

           TheTeacherquicklytoldSilasofSaint-Sulpice’sfamedarchitecturaloddityastripofbrassthatsegmentedthesanctuaryonaperfectnorth-southaxis.Itwasanancientsundialofsorts,avestigeofthepagantemplethathadoncestoodonthisveryspot.Thesun’srays,shiningthroughtheoculusonthesouthwall,movedfartherdownthelineeveryday,indicatingthepassageoftime,fromsolsticetosolstice.

           Thenorth-southstripehadbeenknownastheRoseLine.Forcenturies,thesymboloftheRosehadbeenassociatedwithmapsandguidingsoulsintheproperdirection.TheCompassRosedrawnonalmosteverymapindicatedNorth,East,South,andWest.

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