Business Insider India2 年
Look inside the rare Leonardo da Vinci notebook that Bill Gates paid more than $30 million for
In 1994, he purchased Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex Leicester," a manuscript that dates back to the 16th century. He paid $30.8 million for the journal at auction, a price that made it the most ...
National Geographic news11 个月
Why Leonardo da Vinci’s brilliance endures, 500 years after his death
In the Codex Leicester, Leonardo investigates how ... the Met’s Bambach is publishing a four-volume opus, Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered. Leonardo’s notebooks are starting to make their ...
PBS1 个月
Language of Genius: A Leonardo da Vinci Glossary
A singular genius of infinite curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci left behind masterpieces ... were later collected into what is now known as the Codex Leicester, named after the Earl of Leicester ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1 年
Codex Sassoon acquired for ANU Museum of the Jewish People for $38.1 million
The Codex Leicester, a journal with writings by Leonardo Da Vinci, fetched $30.8 million in 1994. And a copy of the Magna Carta sold for $21.1 million in 2007. “This is one of the rarest ...
BBC1 年
Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38m at auction
The winning bid exceeded the $30.8m paid by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 1994 for the Codex Leicester, Leonardo da Vinci's scientific notebook. But it fell short of the record for a ...