F1 2016 codex2/28/2023 The Leicester Codex was almost certainly not part of the group of manuscripts inherited by Francesco Melzi (1493-1570), since nowhere on it can the unmistakable annotations and abbreviations of the heir, so frequent in the other codes, be seen, but certainly belonged to the sculptor Giovanni della Porta (1500-1570), one of Michelangelo’s pupils. ![]() Unlike the other manuscripts where the subject changes on each page according to Leonardo’s mood or his innumerable interests, this codex is almost totally dedicated to an in-depth study of a sole theme: the study of water.Ĭurrents, whirlpools, waves, heads, canals, banks, locks, dams, tunnels, projects for docks, for land reclamation, lists of machines for making use of the energy supplied by water and projects for the use of water for military purposes, take up most of the illustrations, accompanied by texts dense with theories, propelling that great leap forward which science was to make from the renaissance on. The Leicester Codex, also known as the “Hammer” codex from the name of the american millionaire who owned it before Bill Gates, was compiled between 15, during the period when Leonardo was dividing his time between short stays in Florence and returning to Milan, this time under the protection of the French king, Louis Xii.
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