Leonardotheka 2.0 Reunites Da Vinci Drawings and Manuscripts Online

Leonardotheka 2.0 is an online archive launched by Museo Galileo in Florence that unites two major collections of Leonardo da Vinci's writings and illustrations for the first time in over 400 years. This new platform features the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of da Vinci's writings at the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, along with around 550 drawings from the Royal Collection Trust at Windsor Castle. These pieces were originally part of a larger folio created by da Vinci from the mid-1470s until his death in 1519, but they were split up centuries ago by sculptor Pompeo Leoni. After ten years of work with the Biblioteca Leonardiana in Vinci, the site offers digital versions of these manuscripts and tools to study da Vinci's techniques. Paolo Galluzzi, the former director of Museo Galileo and the creator of Leonardotheka, highlighted how this resource grants scholars unique access to delve into da Vinci's legacy.