“She rests at last beneath the starry skies”-Langdon looks up through the glass pyramid at night, sees the stars, and falls to his knees in homage to the Sangreal.Īnalysis: While it might be argued that the novel’s epilogue undercuts to some extent Marie Chauvel’s statements on both the importance of keeping the Sangreal’s location a secret and its overriding significance as a symbol of an ongoing quest for wholeness, this brief scene in Paris, where Langdon at last finds himself in the actual resting place of Mary Magdalene and the Grail documents, does provide readers with a certain amount of emotional closure and satisfaction. “Adorned in masters’ loving art, She lies”-the Louvre being the home of the art of so many Priory Grandmasters, Da Vinci not least among them. “The blade and chalice guarding o’er Her gates”-the miniature pyramid inside the larger one. Line by line, Langdon reflects on Saunière’s final message: “The Holy Grail ‘neath ancient Roslin waits”-a reference to the earth’s original prime meridian, which ran though Paris. Summary: Back in Paris, Langdon returns to the Louvre, with its infamous glass pyramid entrance.
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