Mirror conspiracy surrounds Da Vinci's art


	Mirror conspiracy surrounds Da Vinci's art

mickfinn

12-6-2007 10:55 AM

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mickfinn says:

This was the subject of someone's clip a week or so ago. Thought it would be interesting to follow it up.

www.mirrorandart.com

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12-7-2007 7:50 AM

angostura

Hi mickfinn,

Here's the non-mirror alternative in this work I added to the pot of mysteries:

http://digg.com/world_news/Revealed_Leonardo_da_Vinci_Hid_an_Obscene_Image_in_Beloved_Religious_Work

and here's the startling image it's based on:

http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ab-altreligion&tid=2550

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