Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 55

           

           FromSanti’searthlytomb,Langdonrepeatedinhismind.Thepoemwascrystalclearaboutthat.ThePathofIlluminationbeganatSanti’stomb.Fromthere,acrossRome,themarkersblazedthetrail.

           FromSanti’searthlytombwithdemon’shole,

           ‘CrossRomethemysticelementsunfold.

           Mysticelements.Alsoclear.Earth,Air,Fire,Water.Elementsofscience,thefourIlluminatimarkersdisguisedasreligioussculpture.

           "Thefirstmarker,"Vittoriasaid,"soundslikeit’satSanti’stomb."

           Langdonsmiled."Itoldyouitwasn’tthattough."

           "SowhoisSanti?"sheasked,soundingsuddenlyexcited."Andwhere’shistomb?"

           Langdonchuckledtohimself.HewasamazedhowfewpeopleknewSanti,thelastnameofoneofthemostfamousRenaissanceartistsevertolive.Hisfirstnamewasworldrenowned…thechildprodigywhoattheageoftwenty-fivewasalreadydoingcommissionsforPopeJuliusII,andwhenhediedatonlythirty-eight,leftbehindthegreatestcollectionoffrescoestheworldhadeverseen.Santiwasabehemothintheartworld,andbeingknownsolelybyone’sfirstnamewasaleveloffameachievedonlybyanelitefew…peoplelikeNapoleon,Galileo,andJesus…and,ofcourse,thedemigodsLangdonnowheardblaringfromHarvarddormitories—Sting,Madonna,Jewel,andtheartistformerlyknownasPrince,whohadchangedhisnametothesymbol

           causingLangdontodubhim"TheTauCrossWithIntersectingHermaphroditicAnkh."

           "Santi,"Langdonsaid,"isthelastnameofthegreatRenaissancemaster,Raphael."

           Vittorialookedsurprised."Raphael?AsintheRaphael?"

           "Theoneandonly.

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