The Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript by
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...
that originally contained 62 sheets, but today only 55 remain. It documents Leonardo's attempts to improve his modest literary education, through long lists of learned words copied from authoritative lexical and grammatical sources. The manuscript also contains studies of military and religious architecture.
The Codex Trivulzianus is kept at
Sforza Castle in
Milan
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,
Italy
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, but is not normally available to the public. In the main museum a room also contains frescos painted by Leonardo.
External links
Institute Institute and Museum of the History of Science - Florence, Italy''Leonardo da Vinci: anatomical drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle'' exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Codex Trivulzianus (see index)
16th-century books
Scientific illuminated manuscripts
Codices by Leonardo da Vinci
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