A Codex within the Library
The Mona Lisa Codex
What happens when we stop looking at her as an icon, and start looking at her as evidence?
A living investigation into the most famous face on Earth — opened here, and expanded as new evidence emerges. This volume will fill, chapter by chapter, as the inquiry unfolds.
Within this volume
The Chapters
First Questions
Why the most looked-at painting on Earth may be the least truly seen.
The Sitter
Who is she — and how certain are we, really?
The Landscape
The impossible geography behind her shoulders.
Iconography
The details that stop reading as decoration and start reading as evidence.
Comparative Material
What she shares with works she was never supposed to touch.
Open Questions
The threads still being pulled — and where they may lead.
New chapters open as the investigation advances. Follow along to be there when the next one does.