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Codex Arundel, Arundel MS 263, ff.174v-175r
Leonardo da Vinci1478–1518
The British Library
London, United Kingdom
The pages of the Codex Arundel were some of the last on which Leonardo was working on at the time of his death. On one sheet dedicated to notes on geometry, Leonardo breaks off his thoughts abruptly, explaining that he must stop writing ‘because my soup is getting cold’. Is this rather mundane comment the last piece of writing we have in Leonardo’s hand?
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- Title: Codex Arundel, Arundel MS 263, ff.174v-175r
- Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
- Date Created: 1478–1518
- Location: British Library, London, UK
- Location Created: Italy (Florence, Milan, Rome) and France (Amboise)
- Original Language: Italian
- Type: Manuscript
- Original Source: Arundel MS 263
- Rights: Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. For more information visit: https://www.bl.uk/help/how-to-reuse-images-of-unpublished-manuscripts
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