The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican
by Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner
$11.79 / copy at 25+ copies As low as $9.80 at 1,000+Your best volume price
Format
The more copies, the less each one costs
Applied automatically in your cart. No code needed.
Equip your whole group
For small groups, church-wide reading plans and ministry gifts. We'll get the books where they need to go.
Tell us about your group and we'll suggest books that fit your season and study.
Group sales Ship to every readerOne address, many sites or individual recipients' homes, in the US and abroad.
Fulfillment options Pair it with a branded journalJournals with your logo or each reader's name, for the same group.
Branded journals
Bring in a speaker
BookPal is partnering with Talezo to help you find and book authors, speakers and performers for your event.
BookPal × TalezoThe Sistine Secrets
The Shocking Secrets of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Artwork
The recent cleaning of the Sistine Chapel frescoes removed layer after layer of centuries of accumulated tarnish and darkness. The book documents how Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti embedded forbidden messages into the heart of the Vatican.
Drawing on extensive historical research, the authors uncover the deliberate visual subversions and concealed Hebrew lettering that challenge centuries of church dogma across the papal ceiling.
In the Medici palace in Florence, humanist tutors surrounded the young sculptor with heretical Kabbalistic teachings that quietly transformed his sacred Vatican commission into a covert plea for universal faith.
The Sistine Secrets endeavors to remove the centuries of prejudice, censorship, and ignorance that blind us to the truth about one of the world's most famous and beloved art treasures.
- Hidden Messages in Art: The chapel walls replicate the exact architectural proportions of the biblical Temple of Solomon, anchoring Jewish temple measurements inside the Pope's private sanctuary.
- Art Symbolism: Coded Hebrew letters and Midrashic traditions reshape iconic scenes, from a serpent with human arms in Eden to the sacred fig tree replacing the traditional apple.
- Secret History: The fresco panels conceal daring visual insults directed at Pope Julius II, including an ancestor of Christ bearing the yellow badge of shame straight above the papal throne.
- Catholic Church History: Disguised human anatomy runs throughout the vault, featuring a detailed cross-section of the human brain concealed within the Creator's mantle.
The book, The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780061469053 in Paperback by Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Authors
- Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner
- Format
- Paperback
- Published
- May 12, 2009
- ISBN-13
- 9780061469053
- ISBN-10
- 006146905X
- Pages
- 336
- Carton quantity
- 60 copies
The Sistine Secrets in bulk: pricing
Volume pricing applies automatically in your cart. No codes, no account needed.
| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $11.79 | 41% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $11.19 | 44% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $10.59 | 47% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $10.19 | 49% off list |
| 1,000+ | $9.80 | 51% off list |
Popular for
A copy for everyone in the group, delivered before the first meeting.
One book for the whole congregation for a season.
For volunteers, staff, guests and community events.
How fast can I get copies of The Sistine Secrets?
Need them by a specific date? Request a quote and we'll confirm timing before you pay.
Can you ship to several locations or people's homes?
Yes. We ship in bulk to one address, to multiple sites, or to individual recipients, in the US and internationally. See fulfillment options.
Can I get a formal quote for approval before ordering?
Yes. Request a quote and we'll send a PDF you can forward for approval.
Do you accept purchase orders and tax-exempt orders?
Yes. We accept purchase orders upon approval, as well as cards, PayPal, ACH, wire transfers and checks. BookPal is a tax-exempt supplier in all 50 states. See purchase orders and sales tax exemption.
What if I find a lower price?
Send us the link. We match prices from other bulk booksellers and distributors on a new copy in the same edition, available to ship in the quantity you need. Clearance sales and pricing errors are the exception, and we'll tell you quickly if that's the case. Start a price match.
Write a Review
The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican
A colleague asked you to approve this order
Your quote list
Add books as you browse, then request one quote for all of them.