Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 84

           TheledgerwashandwritteninItalian.Eachpagecatalogedasinglework,includingashortdescription,date,location,costofmaterials,andsometimesaroughsketchofthepiece.Langdonfannedthroughthepages…overeighthundredinall.Berninihadbeenabusyman.

           Asayoungstudentofart,Langdonhadwonderedhowsingleartistscouldcreatesomuchworkintheirlifetimes.Laterhelearned,muchtohisdisappointment,thatfamousartistsactuallycreatedverylittleoftheirownwork.Theyranstudioswheretheytrainedyoungartiststocarryouttheirdesigns.SculptorslikeBerninicreatedminiaturesinclayandhiredotherstoenlargethemintomarble.LangdonknewthatifBerninihadbeenrequiredtopersonallycompleteallofhiscommissions,hewouldstillbeworkingtoday.

           "Index,"hesaidaloud,tryingtowardoffthementalcobwebs.Heflippedtothebackofthebook,intendingtolookundertheletterFfortitlescontainingthewordfuòco—fire—buttheF’swerenottogether.Langdonsworeunderhisbreath.Whatthehelldothesepeoplehaveagainstalphabetizing?

           Theentrieshadapparentlybeenloggedchronologically,onebyone,asBerninicreatedeachnewwork.Everythingwaslistedbydate.Nohelpatall.

           AsLangdonstaredatthelist,anotherdishearteningthoughtoccurredtohim.ThetitleofthesculpturehewaslookingformightnotevencontainthewordFire.Theprevioustwoworks—HabakkukandtheAngelandWestPonente—hadnotcontainedspecificreferencestoEarthorAir.

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