Kilt in Breaking the Da Vincci Code

[KiltedTurtle]

I was watching a show last night with my wife called Breaking the Da Vincci Code. They were examining different parts of the Dan Brown book. At one point in the show they visited rosalyn chapel. The gentleman that was showing them around the chapel was kilted. Couldn't tell the tartan b/c they only showed him for a few seconds. Love to see someone comfortable enough to wear a kilt on an national, if not international, show.

[Pour1Malt]

aye- Rosslyn Chapel is gettin trampled by bloody DaVinci numpty tourists....

ya wuid nae believe hae many daft people think thot book is real...

an are tryin tae tear apart Rosslyn tae fin the thot bloody holy grail...

... numpty's! :rolleyes:

[Colin]

This is a warning shot on this thread before it even gets going.

Some people have very strong feelings about the "claims" in this book and film, but let's leave those for another forum, okay.

[bubba]

ya wuid nae believe hae many daft people think thot book is real...

an are tryin tae tear apart Rosslyn tae fin the thot bloody holy grail...

... numpty's! :rolleyes:

Yeah, I'd believe it. After all, after Star Wars people claimed Jedi as their religion on census forms. Fiction always gets the vote since it's more exciting than most folks reality.

[Iolaus]

I haven't read the book, nor do I intend to, as I have a mild interest in Templar and Masonic history, and the theoretical connections between the two; and I don't want to confuse, in my mind, the factual research and conjecture with the admitted fictional story in the book.

That said; I've long had an interest to see Rosslyn simply because of the history of "mysterious connections" and the curious juxtapositions of christian and pagan symbolism in the carvings. I'd be interested in a tour that details all the known facts about the history and the architecture without any of the mystical conclusions.

Love to see someone comfortable enough to wear a kilt on an national, if not international, show.

I'm sure most of us would be willing to do that, as long as we had a chance to make sure our outfit was appropriate - wouldn't want to embarrass the kilted community, ya know!

[mrpharr]

Tried to read it but didn't care for the style. Plus there is so much about it on the ol tube that it kind was a suprise buster.

[Blu (Ontario)]

... as I have a mild interest in Templar and Masonic history, and the theoretical connections between the two... I've long had an interest to see Rosslyn simply because of the history...

Me too... Read Hiram Key??

[Iolaus]

Me too... Read Hiram Key??

No. Years ago, I read Holy Blood/Holy Grail, which I understand was part of the whole DaVinci thing; it got me interested in the general subject, but there were too many unsupported assumptions in the book for me take to it seriously. One book on the subject that did fascinate me is John Robinson's "Born in Blood." He also has some conjecture involved, but he supports his theory pretty well with documented historical facts.

[JayFilomena]

as I have a mild interest in Templar and Masonic history, and the theoretical connections between the two; I'd be interested in a tour that details all the known facts about the history and the architecture without any of the mystical conclusions.

I took the family to Scotland, and wanted to have the children make something out of glass at a local shop. would you believe that the shop had closed two days before, and you could no longer allow the children to blow glass? I asked the person at the desk, Is there anything else around here we could go visit? sure, she tells me, "you can go see Rosslyn" I take my wife, my mother, my four children and my nephew (uh huh) and the tour consisted of renting a tape player and head phones. You walked around the chapel with the head phones, and when you get to something of interest, the tape player talks about it. Well, with chasing after 5 children, I let my wife and mother listen to the head phones. It was only after I returned to baghdad and began to show an interest in Templars and Masons that I realized what a Mecca Rosslyn is. I could kick myself in the ****.

[Iolaus]

It wasn't nearly enough, but Scotsman.com has a 5-part series of short pod-casts about Rosslyn here.