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Thirteen sat down to eat, in the upper room.
The man in the middle, spoke of his riddle, and how the end was coming soon.
Thirteen sat down to drink, before they hit the road.
The girl in the middle, at the centre of the riddle, became the painter's code.
Thirteen sat down to talk, but should there have been one more?
Dan said yes, but I suggest, that only Leo knew for sure.
The man in the middle, spoke of his riddle, and how the end was coming soon.
Thirteen sat down to drink, before they hit the road.
The girl in the middle, at the centre of the riddle, became the painter's code.
Thirteen sat down to talk, but should there have been one more?
Dan said yes, but I suggest, that only Leo knew for sure.
Hint
A best-selling book and film of the same name.Answer
The Da Vinci Code.Leonardo Da Vinci painted The Last Supper. The subject of the painting is Jesus' final meal before he is crucified. Jesus is surrounded by 12 disciples, hence 13 sat down to eat, drink, and talk.
"The man in the middle", Jesus, spoke of a riddle...the riddle being about the disciple who would finally betray him.
"The girl in the middle", who Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, suggests is Mary Magdalene, is thought to be the mother of Jesus' child, hence she is the centre of the riddle and the painter's code.
"Thirteen sat down to talk..." It is thought that one of the disciples was painted out of or removed from the original painting so that it looked as though there were the correct number of disciples, thus ruling out the fact that Mary Magdalene was even at the supper at all and dismissing the fact that there was any relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
"Dan said yes"...Dan Brown said that this theory is true, even though this is a complete work of fiction.
"Only Leo knows the truth"...Leonardo Da Vinci only knows the real truth behind the story and it seems that he took the mystery to his grave.
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