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Fragments"), compiled by Edmondo Solmi. This book was probably based on The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci (London, 1883), by Jean Paul Richter, and on the 1881 publication as a facsimile of Leonardo's Codex. Leonardo da Vinci regained worldwide fame suddenly when he became the centre of Dan Brown's bestselling The Da Vinci Code mystery detective novel and later the film, read and watched by millions of people. In fact, the story begins when Professor Langdon uncovers an ancient parchment which historians believed to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci. The encoded parchment, bearing the name La Profezia ("The Prophecy"), raised eyebrows when scholars discovered it was signed LSPDV: Leonardo's full name was Leonardo Ser Pieri da Vinci. Although it is clear that the prophecy in The Da Vinci Code novel is not authentic, the da _ Vinci prophecies included below are the real ones: they had lain forgotten in the National Library of France for about 400 years. The prophecies presented here were translated from Italian from Solmi's book, but the 1925 edition. Da Vinci's text, written in 16th-century Italian (not modernised, and different from the Solmi edition), was checked for comparison purposes. Some of these prophecies are extremely curious, but others were left out because they don't seem to make ¢ Prophecies about strange animals (possibly tanks and aeroplanes, but maybe also genetically engineered creatures): From the land, animals dressed in darkness will come out, which in wonderful assaults will attack the human generation and, throug terrible bites and bloodshed, will devour them. Through the air the flying specimens will go, which will attac men and animals, from which they will feed voraciously: full will be their intestines with red blood. Many men will be seen in animals moving very quickly towards the end of their lives and in a very quick death. Through the air and over the land, animals will be seen in many colours carrying ferociously the men to the destruction of their lives. Huge bodies without life will be seen carrying ferociously many men to the destruction of their lives. sense. ft Prodezia eres) ee ¢ Prophecies about what seem to be the consequence of weapons of war, and perhaps chemical weapons used in a future war: A terrible illness will come to mankind, so that they will lacerate themselves with their own nails. Plants will be seen without leaves. Many people will die and there will be many holes over the earth. Men will throw away their own food. Many people will die with the head broken, and their eyes will be out of their head, because of frightening animals that will come from the darkness. Many peoples will hide themselves with their families and food inside dark caves; and there, in the dark places, they will eat with their families during many months, without any other natural or artificial light. 66 ¢ NEXUS casa: 4) rr ard | The manuscript in The Da Vinci Code film www.nexusmagazine.com AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2009