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vim-guru
Why are some of the pages upside down?
b34k3r
just rotate your monitor
embedding-shape
It's a bit bananas, but probably just because he could. He also wrote his personal notes in "mirror writing":

> The notes on Leonardo da Vinci's famous Vitruvian Man image are in mirror writing. Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his personal notes in mirror writing, only using standard writing if he intended his texts to be read by others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_writing

whatever1
How much talent can fit in a person? This is how much.
nunodonato
amazing! The categorization is nice, but I would love to see some sort of "tag cloud" that would allow use to view more specific content. How long until someone creates a tool to RAG the hell out of this? :)
Isamu
If you get an opportunity to see them in person, it’s worth it because the fine details are that much more impressive up close. Every photo I’ve seen is not as good. Also the illustration is tinier than you would think.
WillAdams
Interesting UI --- wants a full-screen mode and 2-up view and a way to remove all the chrome/UI....

An earlier example of this sort of thing was Bill Gates' purchase of the Codex Leceister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Leicester which was then digitized and released on a CD-ROM by Corbis:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci_(video_game)

which was quite engaging, but sadly trapped in the technology of the time --- anyone know of an updated version of it?

MangoToupe
> We use it to express mild surprise that one person could use both their left and right hemispheres equally well.

When did this myth become so perpetuated? It's infuriating. I blame university administration. I can't think of any other reason to so firmly distinguish different areas of thought.