Facts about Da Vinci Codex Arundel
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Leonardo wrote many entries in the Codex Arundel in mirror script, his characteristic right-to-left handwriting style.
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Scholars believe the Codex Arundel was not assembled by Leonardo himself but was bound together after his death from loose working notes.
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In 2007, the British Library digitized the Da Vinci Codex Arundel and made it freely accessible online as part of its digitization initiative.
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Comprising around 283 loose paper folios, the Codex Arundel was compiled from different periods of Leonardo da Vinci's working life rather than as a single unified project.
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Named after Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, the Codex Arundel covers topics including mechanics, optics, and geometry across its numerous loose pages.
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The Codex Arundel is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts now housed in the British Library in London.