The reversed Date

I have been trawling through this site today which is really good for information although I don't necessarily agree with its conclusions:

Priory of Sion website

I have also been thinking a  lot about the 'reversed number' of1891

I am quoting from another site here. Why 1891? Because the epitaph of the marquise clearly indicates this date. Since her death occurred in 1781, the inscription should have read
XVII JANVIER MDCCLXXI =1781
but Antoine Bigou intentionally engraved XVII JANVIER MDCOLXXXI, replacing the second century with a 0, which does not exist in Roman numerals. Therefore we skip it te read MDCLXXXI :1681. If we use this 0, which reminds us of the zero meridian which passes through both St.Sulpice and Rennes-les-Bains, as épivot, to turn the date around, we get 1891 instead of 1681.

I just don't buy it myself. I mean the number has to be twisted and not reversed. ie it is reflected in both planes and I don't see how the Meridian could be used as a clue to tell you to reflect in both planes. Surely a Meridian would only suggest reflecting in one plane.

Also I checked on Google maps and Rennes is not exactly on the zero meridian line as many claim - it is actually 2 degrees and 15 seconds east.

First Blog on my passion - Rennes-le-Château Treasure

Hi all
This is my very first blog on my passion - the lost Treasure of Rennes-le-Château.


For years I have been studying this. I read most of the books by Henry Lincoln  and I have actually  been to the area last year and walked around in the hills and made some discoveries of my own. I am wanting to know if there are more people out there who have done research and I want to coordinate the effort in the UK. Let me know if you have an interest so we can combine forces.

That's it for now.
Chris Blake