Da Vinci Code: The Reference
I talked about the "Da Vinci" code case before and opined that a Copyright on Conspiracy was unlikely because there idea that Jesus had married Mary Magdalene had been extant in the occult and conspiracy literature for many years.
I managed to produce a quote that was almost the the smoking gun - but the evidence was inconclusive.
This is from "The Secret of the 59th Chapter" by Adel Abbas & Anne Fretwell (Toth Publications, 2000), page 483.However we came to know from several ancient documents that Mary Magdalene, according to the Cathars, was married to Jesus (Dondane 1959).Strangely enough - in all this footnoted and heavily referenced book - there is no bibliographic reference for Dondane 1959 - no title nor publisher nor any other information except for the quote above.
I tracked down one of the authors and emailed them - they were kind enough to produce a reference for me.
Dondaine, A. 'Durand de Huesca et la polemique anti-cathar' (Archiveum Fratum, Praedicatorum, Rome, 1959, 29,228-276).
Make of it what you will - if anyone has a copy I'd like to hear about it - but any fellow fortean enthusiasts now have as much information on this as I do and can follow the leads wherever they go.
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