Madrid Codices I-II

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Codici di Madrid; Madrid Codices I-II; Codex Madrid; Códices Madrid I-II; Tratado de Estatica y Mechanica en Italiano; Tratados varios de Fortificacion Estatica y Geometria escritos en Italiano.
CURRENT LOCATION
Spain, Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Mss. 8936 and 8937.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Los Manuscritos 8936 y 8937 de la Biblioteca Nacional de España: Egeria S.L. (Madrid, 2009). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 2.990 copies. Commentary. Slipcase
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Madrid Codices I-II

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Codici di Madrid; Madrid Codices I-II; Codex Madrid; Códices Madrid I-II; Tratado de Estatica y Mechanica en Italiano; Tratados varios de Fortificacion Estatica y Geometria escritos en Italiano.
CURRENT LOCATION
Spain, Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Mss. 8936 and 8937.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Los Manuscritos 8936 y 8937 de la Biblioteca Nacional de España: Egeria S.L. (Madrid, 2009). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 2.990 copies. Commentary. Slipcase
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Category:
FEATURES – Codex on paper (2 tomes), 210 x 150 mm, 700 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy.
CHRONOLOGY – 15th century – 16th century: 1490-1505 ca.
FORMER OWNERS – Giovanni Francesco Melzi or Francesco de Melzi (1491-1570), favorite pupil of Leonardo da Vinci; Orazio Melzi; Pompeo Leoni (1531-1608); Juan de Espina (1568-1642); Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665).
GENRE – Treatises / Secular books; Mathematics / Geometry.
CONTENTS – The manuscript is one of the major engineering treatises of its time. It includes studies of mechanics, statics and geometry; a section dedicated to the construction of fortifications; the transcription of some military engineering studies by Francesco di Giorgio Martini; a project for the construction of the equestrian monument to Francesco I Sforza (never built); a list of 116 books that Leonardo da Vinci was consulting while writing the codex.
LANGUAGE – Italian.
SCRIBE – Leonardo da Vinci.
ARTIST – Leonardo da Vinci.
STYLE – Renaissance.


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