Leonardo da Vinci notebooks
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The Leonardo da Vinci notebooks are a series of handwritten manuscripts filled with the Renaissance polymath’s sketches, scientific observations, engineering designs, and mirror-written notes that reveal his wide-ranging genius.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance manuscript
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manuscript collection ⓘ notebook ⓘ |
| contains |
anatomical drawings
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architectural sketches ⓘ artistic sketches ⓘ botanical studies ⓘ engineering designs ⓘ geological observations ⓘ maps ⓘ mathematical notes ⓘ mechanical inventions ⓘ musical notations ⓘ optics studies ⓘ scientific observations ⓘ |
| creator | Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | primary source on Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific and artistic work ⓘ |
| endTime | 1519 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
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anatomy ⓘ architecture ⓘ botany ⓘ cartography ⓘ engineering ⓘ geology ⓘ geometry ⓘ hydraulics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| genre |
personal notes
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scientific manuscript ⓘ technical drawing ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual codices ⓘ |
| influenced |
art history
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history of engineering ⓘ history of science ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| location |
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
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Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid ⓘ Gates Ventures ⓘ
surface form:
Bill Gates private collection
British Library ⓘ
surface form:
British Library, London
Royal Collection Trust ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Collection, Windsor Castle
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| material | paper ⓘ |
| medium | ink ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Codex Arundel
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Codex Atlanticus ⓘ Codex Forster ⓘ Codex Leicester ⓘ Codex Trivulzianus ⓘ Codex on the Flight of Birds ⓘ Madrid Codices ⓘ |
| originalUse |
personal research notes
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working sketches for projects ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1470 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystem | mirror writing ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical studies
this entity surface form:
Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific notebooks corpus
subject surface form:
Clos Lucé
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Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions
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Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts
this entity surface form:
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci