Engraving by Cosomo Colombini after Leonardo da Vincis self portrait, ca.
During his lifetime, Da Vinci accumulated more than 13,000 pages of notes and drawings.
Read on to see where you could read Da Vinci’s available notebooks.
Engraving by Cosomo Colombini after Leonardo da Vinci’s self portrait, ca. 1500. (Photo:Stock Photosfrom Everett Collection/Shutterstock)
And now they’re available online.
Read on to find out where you’re free to view them.
Codex Arundel(ca.
Leonardo da Vinci, page from “Codex Arundel,” c. 1480-1518. (Photo: Public domain viaWikimedia Commons)
1480s-1518)
Leonardo da Vinci, page from Codex Arundel, c. 1480-1518.
The physical copy is held inThe British Library.
you might view theCodex Arundelonline viaThe British Library.
Leonardo da Vinci, page from the “Atlanticus Codex” on waterwheels and Archimedean screws, c. 1478-1519. (Photo: Public domain viaWikimedia Commons)
The entire codex spans Da Vinci’s career through Florence, Milan, Rome, and Paris.
The physical copy is held in theBiblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy.
you’re able to read the translated digitized version ofCodex AtlanticusviaThe Visual Agency.
Leonardo da Vinci, a page from the “Codex Trivulzianus,” c. c. 1487-1490. (Photo: Public domain viaWikimedia Commons)
It is available in Italian and English.
The physical copy of the manuscript is held atSforza Castlein Milan, Italy.
you’re free to view theCodex Trivulzianusonline via theArchivo Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana.
Inside, Da Vinci explores geometry, hydraulic engineering, theory of proportions, topology, and more.
The physical copy is held in theVictoria and Albert Museumin London, England.
you could view theCodex Foster I,Codex Forster II, andCodex Forster IIIonline via theVictoria and Albert Museum.
Leonardo da Vinci, double-page spread from “Codex on the Flight of Birds,” c. 1505. (Photo:Luc Viatour,CC BY-SA 3.0)
The physical copy of the manuscript is held in the Royal Library in Turin, Italy.
The physical copy is held atThe Biblioteca Nacional de Espana.
you might view the Madrid Codices online viaThe Biblioteca Nacional de Espana.
Leonardo da Vinci, double-page spread from the “Madrid Codex” on the Sforza monument, c. 1490s-1504. (Photo: Public domain viaWikimedia Commons)
