CHAPTER EIGHT
“Here, right here!” the professor cried. “Of course! Why hadn’t I thought of it before?”
Daniel hurried over to where Professor Laurent stood in front of an icon of John the Baptist standing on the shore of the River Jordan, baptizing Jesus. The figures were a dark brown against a gold background, a style common to the Byzantine era, but the figures were livelier, more realistic, in the Italian style.
Long time since I studied this stuff, Daniel thought. Amazing I still remember any of it.
“You sure this is the right one?” the FBI agent asked. The police officers and Edgar came over.
The professor was grinning ear to ear, shaking with excitement.
“I’m positive. De Lacy was a devout Catholic, and he was especially interested in the story of the Baptism of Jesus. He got i
