The novel “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown was a controversial subject. Many guesses were made by Dan Brown; nonetheless it was quite an interesting subject. A real code proved by evidence was found by an Italian musician. The “Last Supper” was the piece of art in which Giovanni Pala found code in. When decoded, the piece apparently created music! The music by itself sounds like a requiem and fits the atmosphere in the painting.
Many tried to make codes out of the Last Supper. They tried flipping it, looking at it backwards, and even putting the backwards and original together to see if they made a code. Giovanni's discovery is what struck me as amazing. In figuring out the code, there was quite a bit of work. It is impressive because he starts out of scratch without much of a clue about where to start. Giovanni has a history in music, like Leonardo Da Vinci, (ingenious creator of the art), who could play the lyre. Da Vinci also liked to solve riddles, which can make us conclude that every single work of his has some hidden meaning that we can only figure out with a lot of test and trial. Da Vinci had some of the most brilliant ideas back in the golden age, like the famed flying machine which was found in his journal.
Giovanni's Book was published, letting more of the world know of his discovery. Giovanni made his discovery by making a whole note (four beats) on each of the hands of the people in the painting. But it didn't add up to “music”, so he also put full notes on the bread pieces. The last piece of bread on the other end of the table was broken up into two halves, so Giovanni assumed that it was a repeat sign. He then played it all backwards as Leonardo used to record in his achievements. In fact, all of the writing in Da Vinci's diary is written backwards so people can't copy his ideas. It all, sure enough, added up to something we might call music.
Most people might just give up there, astonished at what they discovered. But there was a bit more left. Giovanni took a look at the musical score. It formed something that looked like letters, so he took it to Rome(City in which Da Vinci lived in), and got it translated; it turned out to be ancient Hebrew for “with Him consecration and glory”. Coincidence, or intentionally put there? We might figure it out if the technology for a time machine showed up. Pala also figured out a way to find a chalice in the painting, which was also a symbol found on the roof of the church Da Vinci created the Last Supper in. 
What a marvel! Who could have imagined this painting has so many secrets? Is the discovery just the beginning? There could possible be much more secrets that could be coded in. Maybe the codes add up to a final message, for “with Him consecration and glory” seems like a somewhat incomplete statement. Other people look for wrinkles in the table and the background of the picture; looking for clues. Go out and take a look at it yourself, you never know, you might strike gold!
