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  1. 257 votes, 16 comments. 36M subscribers in the todayilearned community. You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit…

  2. According to Wiki: The Codex was sold to Bill Gates by Christie's auction house on 11 November 1994 in New York for US$30,802,500. After Gates acquired the Codex, he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 desktop theme, which would later be included with ...

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  4. The Codex Leicester (also briefly known as the Codex Hammer) is a collection of scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. The codex is named after Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, who purchased it in 1717. The codex provides an insight into the mind of the Renaissance artist, scientist and thinker, as well as an exceptional illustration of the ...

  5. Mar 5, 2023 · The Codex Leicester is a massive collection of Leonardo da Vinci's scientific notes and sketches on a wide range of natural world topics. The manuscript is divided into several different sections, each covering a different scientific subject. In the first section, da Vinci makes some keen observations on the properties of water.

  6. The Codex Leicester is a set of notes, written and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci between 1506 and 1510, which reflect his observations and experiments on the nature and movement of water. While water is the Codex’s central theme, it also covers a variety of other scientific and technological subjects, including astronomy, geology, and ...

  7. Dec 22, 2018 · The return to Florence of the Leicester Codex by Leonardo da Vinci (Anchiano, 1452 - Amboise, 1519), thirty-six years after the 1982 Florentine exhibition that displayed the great genius’ precious manuscript folios, is not intended to be, as Uffizi Galleries director Eike Schmidt declares, "an ad hoc occasion to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death", but rather a sharing ...

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