He it is whom the nations look for, to whom the secrets of God are so clear that, when he comes into the world, blessed shall they be that shall listen to his words …’ The disciples answered, ‘O Master, who shall that man be of whom you speak, who shall come into the world?’ Jesus answered joyous of heart: ‘He is Muhammad, Messenger of God.’ —The gospel of Barnabas, Chapter 163 There were summonses in Rome that you could ignore and those you could not. Those from the office of the Camerlengo fell very definitely into the second category. A constable of the sbirri had pounded on Caravaggio’s door. When the artist answered, wiping sleep from his eyes, he was told that he was to present himself that afternoon at the Palazzo Battista on the Via Monseratto. ‘What for?’ ‘No prizes there, Merisi,’ the constable said, with a sneer. ‘To answer charges about your scurrilous personal behaviour. From what I hear, His Eminence wants to find out whether or not you’re a heretic who should have his head cut off.
What do You think about The Caravaggio Conspiracy?
