A lady takes off her clothes for her loved one on a medieval market square in Italy. The loved one does not let this declaration of love pass him by.

How is it that this story has entered the vast library of the Vatican and has then been forgotten? For centuries this secret has been lying there - the secret which can reveal why the Pople is drinking such excellent wine and how it used to be possible to buy the position of cardinal for an altarpiece and a few skins of wine.

One day a solitary librarian stumbles upon the forgotten stories. Stories of wonders, of love and longing, pride and temptation. Of art and of reality.

When the librarian delves into the manuscripts of the Vatican the outcome will be heavy with destiny.

He lives in contemporary Rome; in a time when wonders are collapsing.