Editing Codex Leicester (section)

{{Short description|Compiled famous scientific writings by Leonardo Da Vinci}}
{{for|the Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament also known as Codex Leicester|Minuscule 69}}
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| italic title = Codex Leicester<br>Codex Hammer
| name = Codex Leicester<br>Codex Hammer
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| caption = Page of the Codex Leicester
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| author = [[Leonardo da Vinci]]
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| country = [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
| language = [[Italian language|Italian]]
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| genre = [[Handwriting]]
| published = 1510 (1504–1508){{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
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| pages = 72 (18 [[paper|sheet]]s)
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The '''Codex Leicester''' (also briefly known as the '''Codex Hammer''') is a collection of scientific writings by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. The [[codex]] is named after [[Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)|Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester]], who purchased it in 1719. The codex provides an insight into the mind of the [[Renaissance]] artist, scientist and thinker, as well as an exceptional illustration of the link between art and science and the creativity of the [[scientific method|scientific process]].<ref>Leonardo (da Vinci), Kenneth David Keele, [[Jane, Lady Roberts|Jane Roberts]], ''Leonardo Da Vinci: Anatomical Drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle'', New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983</ref>

When the manuscript was last sold to [[Bill Gates]] at [[Christie's]] auction house on 11 November 1994 in New York for {{currency|30,802,500|USD}} (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|30.8025|1994|r=0}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation-year|US}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1994?amount=30802500|access-date=30 July 2022|title=$30,802,500 in 1994 → 2022 {{!}} Inflation Calculator}}</ref>), it was the most expensive manuscript ever sold.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|title=BBC News: Bay Psalm Book is most expensive printed work at $14.2m|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25115524|work=BBC News|access-date=30 November 2013|date=27 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Christie's" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mormon-church-drops-35-million-on-printers-manuscript-of-the-book-of-mormon_us_59c42a12e4b06ddf45f6b427|title=Mormon Church Drops $35 Million On Printer's Manuscript Of The Book Of Mormon|last=Kuruvilla|first=Carol|date=2017-09-22|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2017-09-25|language=en-US}}</ref>