Rosslyn Chapel Decoded
• Hodgepodge , • The Da Vinci Code
One more artifact removed from the grasp of conspiracy theorists. I'm sure students of 15th century liturgical music and church architecture are grateful. Regardless of the elegance of Scottish composer Stuart Mitchell scholarship I'm sure there will nutters talking about hidden secrets.
The codes were hidden in 213 cubes in the ceiling of the chapel, where parts of the film of Dan Brown's best-seller The Da Vinci Code were shot this week.
Mr Mitchell, 40, who has been nominated for the British Composer Awards 2005, said the music sounded like a nursery rhyme. "Everyone wants to hear something miraculous but William Sinclair, who designed the chapel, was an architect, not a musician," he said. "It is evident from the nursery rhyme style of the music that he could not play very well.