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Why Did Leonardo Da Vinci Write Backward — For Practicality or Secrecy?
Among their many wonders, one detail continues to perplex readers: Why did Leonardo da Vinci write backward? It’s not every day you encounter someone who records their thoughts in mirror script ...
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Disciplines
Written backwards in mirror script ... were standing before you. Leonardo da Vinci Using an entirely scientific approach, Leonardo mapped the human body, writing: “The space between the parting ...
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Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible studies of human anatomy still don’t get the recognition they deserve
His mother was a 16-year-old peasant girl called Caterina di Meo Lippi, and his father was Ser Piero da Vinci, a 26-year-old ...
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Ken Burns’ Leonardo da Vinci Series Gets Dishy About His Homosexuality
It was less than 20 minutes into Leonardo da Vinci, a new four-hour PBS documentary ... Did you know he taught himself to write backwards because, as a lefty, his furious pace of composition ...