The Da Vinci Code Allusions

Literary, Artistic and Philosophical References

• Leonardo Da Vinci, Vitruvian Man (8.28)
• Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (21.6)
• New York Times Magazine, The Leonardo Cover-Up" (40.18)
• THE TEMPLAR REVELATION: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ
• THE WOMAN WITH THE ALABASTER JAR: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail
• THE GODDESS IN THE GOSPELS Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine
• HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL The Acclaimed International Bestseller (60.3-6)
• Georgia O'Keeffe (60.24)
• Da Vinci, Botticelli, Poussin, Bernini, Mozart, Victor Hugo, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, King Arthur, Sleeping Beauty, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Magic Flute (61.17)
• Walt Disney, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White (61.19)
• Georges de la Tour, The Penitent Magdalene (61.22)
• Leonardo Da Vinci, Codex Leicester (71.31)
• Mystery of Sheshach (77.11)
• King Arthur (92.2)
• Don Quixote (92.13)

Historical References

• Caravaggio (Prologue.1)
• La Guerre d'Algérie (Prologue.26)
• Father Josemaría Escrivá (2.35)
• Frances Mitterrand (3.35)
• Salvador Dalí (3.38)
• Draco (8.16)
• Leonardo da Vinci (the whole dang book)
• King Godefroi de Bouillon (37.6)
• King Baldwin II (37.17)
• Pope Innocent II (37.21)
• Pope Clement V (37.23)
• King Phillipe IV (37.23)
• Constantine the Great (55.25)
• Napoleon (60.37)
• Atbash Cipher (72.18)

Pop Culture References

• Eyes Wide Shut, Tom Cruise (74.34)