Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 49

           Idon’tsupposephysicistsarenaturalbornhackers?"

           Vittoriashookherhead."Icanopenoysters,that’saboutit."

           Langdontookadeepbreathandturnedtofacetheeeriecollectionofdiaphanousvaults.Hewalkedtothenearestoneandsquintedintothediminterior.InsidetheglasswereamorphousshapesLangdonrecognizedastheusualbookshelves,parchmentbins,andexaminationtables.Helookedupattheindicatortabsglowingattheendofeachstack.Asinalllibraries,thetabsindicatedthecontentsofthatrow.Hereadtheheadingsashemoveddownthetransparentbarrier.

           PietroIlErimito…LeCrociate…UrbanoII…Levant…

           "They’relabeled,"hesaid,stillwalking."Butit’snotalpha-author."Hewasn’tsurprised.Ancientarchiveswerealmostnevercatalogedalphabeticallybecausesomanyoftheauthorswereunknown.Titlesdidn’tworkeitherbecausemanyhistoricaldocumentswereuntitledlettersorparchmentfragments.Mostcatalogingwasdonechronologically.Disconcertingly,however,thisarrangementdidnotappeartobechronological.

           Langdonfeltprecioustimealreadyslippingaway."LooksliketheVaticanhasitsownsystem."

           "Whatasurprise."

           Heexaminedthelabelsagain.Thedocumentsspannedcenturies,butallthekeywords,herealized,wereinterrelated."Ithinkit’sathematicclassification."

           "Thematic?"Vittoriasaid,soundinglikeadisapprovingscientist."Soundsinefficient."

           Actually…Langdonthought,consideringitmoreclosely.ThismaybetheshrewdestcatalogingI’veeverseen.

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