Main entry:

Desmond, Michael, 1950-

Title & Author:

Leonardo da Vinci : the Codex Leicester, notebook of a genius / with texts by Michael Desmond and Carlo Pedretti.

Publication:

Sydney, Australia : Powerhouse Pub., 2000.

Description:

168 pages : color facsimiles

Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: the Codex Leicester - notebook of a genius at the Powerhouse Museum, 5 September to 5 November 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (page 168).
Leonardo da Vinci and the Codex Leicester / Michael Desmond -- The structure and dating of the Codex Leicester / Carlo Pedretti -- The pages of the Codex Leicester / Carlo Pedretti.

Summary:

Bill Gates bought the Codex Leicester--a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci's scientific observations and theories--in 1994 from the estate of Armand Hammer for $30.8 million. Last year Gates loaned the work to Australia's Powerhouse Museum, which prepared this companion to its exhibition. No longer in codex form (the pages were bound in the 1600s, but Gates had the binding dismantled for digital reproduction), the manuscript ranges over topics from fossils to astronomy. Each recto of this edition reproduces one of Leonardo's pages, written in mirror-script Italian with sketches jotted in the margins; a discussion (but not a translation) appears on the verso. It includes an introduction to Leonardo's life, but no index. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

ISBN:

1863170812 (paperback)
9781863170819 (paperback)

Subject:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Codex Leicester.
Powerhouse Museum Exhibitions.
Powerhouse Museum
Codex Leicester.
Codex Leicester (Leonardo, da Vinci)
Manuscripts, Italian.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Pedretti, Carlo.
Powerhouse Museum.

Codex Leceister

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217055
Call No.: NA44.L581.A62 2000
Status: Available