The Vitruvian Man

This is one of the introductory scenes in The Da Vinci Code. 1 The museum curator Sauniere had drawn a circle around himself and painted a five-pointed star in blood on his stomach. In the following 500 pages Professor Langdon will provide an explanation of the geometry of the star and the figure of the Vitruvian Man. The book is a mixture of facts and fiction, which is perfectly acceptable as it is a novel. But as a reader you are entitled to know which of the book’s facts have not been embellished.