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10 Most Expensive Antiques in the World, 6. Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester,#shortsvideo2024#https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGdENZerwFI5ZqEka9BtbAg
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 ...
#shorts After his purchase, Gates had the Codex digitally scanned, then released some of the images as screen savers and wallpapers for Windows 98 Plus.#book...
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 ...
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.
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Dec 18, 2018 · Since you can’t touch the Codex itself—it’s preserved behind glass—the Codescope is the next best thing to flipping through the pages that the great man wrote on. Codescope is an interactive kiosk with a touch screen that lets you explore the Codex Leicester, a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci’s that Bill Gates bought in 1994.
