The Vatican is blackmailing the person who stole in 1997, two letters of Michelangelo
ARTinvestment.RU   13 марта 2015

Anonymous blackmailer demanded a ransom in the amount of 100 thousand euros for the return of the two autographs Michelangelo, stolen from the library of the Vatican in 1997

the Vatican reported that they received letters demanding a ransom in the amount of 100 thousand euros for the return of the two documents stolen from the archives of the Vatican in 1997. It is as much about the two autographs Michelangelo. One of the letters and is unique, since it's written from the beginning to the end of the artist's hand. Usually Michelangelo dictated letters assistants and in the end put your signature. Missing from the archive handwritten letter is almost unique in its kind. The second stolen document has only the signature Michelangelo@

the Missing letters from the archives in the Vatican hiding for almost twenty years. Any public statements on this matter was not until last Saturday. It turns out that in 1997, one of the monks who worked in the Vatican archives, reported the disappearance of these documents. Now the authorities of the Vatican refuse to explain their long molchanie@

ransom came to cardinal Angelo Comastri (Angelo Comastri), vicar General of Vatican city and archipresbyter St. Peter's Basilica. However, the cardinal rejected the proposal and called the police. Now sledstvie@

a Vatican Spokesman, father Federico Lombardi (Federico Lombardi) says that the person who sent the ransom, just once worked in the Vatican: "he knows adjacent to the Basilica of the room, access to which is closed to the public, he knows "how to get and where smotreti@

It has a certain similarity with the disappearance of the Code of Calixtus - an illustrated Spanish manuscript of the twelfth century - from the Cathedral of St. James in Santiago de Compostela in 2011. Then turned out to be guilty as a former employee of the Church, an electrician who worked in the Cathedral over 25 years. The manuscript was returned in 2012 godu@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru