In the gospel account he leans over to John and says 'Ask (Jesus) which one he means.' In the painting Peter is leaning forward and speaking to John, who is leaning back and listening to him. Peter is depicted in the painting precisely as he is described in the Gospel of John - reacting angrily to Jesus' announcement that one of the apostles will betray him. This is even more clear if you look at a close up of the hand in THe Last Supper with the Windsor Castle sketch superimposed over it. It makes the fact that it is definitely Peter's hand quite clear. The poor condition of the painting and its many restorations over the centuries obscures this, but Leonardo did a sketch study of Peter's hand, holding the knife, which is now in a collection at Windsor Castle. It belongs to Peter, who is directly to John's right (or 'Mary' if you believe Brown's claims). The hand is actually not 'disembodied' at all. He claims that this is a reference to the Church's hostility to Mary Magdalene and the threat she and the 'Divine Feminine' pose to its power. In the DVC Brown has Teabing draw Sophie's attention to a supposedly 'disembodied hand' in the Last Supper.
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