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  • I'm training a model based on this /s
    by NaomiLehman
  • > We use it to express mild surprise that one person could use both their left and right hemispheres equally well.

    When did this myth become so perpetuated? It's infuriating. I blame university administration. I can't think of any other reason to so firmly distinguish different areas of thought.

    by MangoToupe
  • amazing! The categorization is nice, but I would love to see some sort of "tag cloud" that would allow use to view more specific content. How long until someone creates a tool to RAG the hell out of this? :)
    by nunodonato
  • Why are some of the pages upside down?
    by vim-guru
  • just rotate your monitor
    by b34k3r
  • Da Vinci was showing off.
    by foofoo12
  • It's a bit bananas, but probably just because he could. He also wrote his personal notes in "mirror writing":

    > The notes on Leonardo da Vinci's famous Vitruvian Man image are in mirror writing. Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his personal notes in mirror writing, only using standard writing if he intended his texts to be read by others

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_writing

    by embedding-shape
  • Excellent work — reminds me of similar projects built with the same tech stack:

    – Coins: A journey through the Münzkabinett Berlin collection (one of the largest in the world). https://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/coins/

    – Theodor Fontane Marginalia: A visualization of Fontane’s marginalia and notes in his personal library. https://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/ff/

    by felixbraun
  • How much talent can fit in a person? This is how much.
    by whatever1
  • indeed! The biography of Leonardo was an amazing read. Highly recommend it
    by nunodonato
  • This is beautiful! I am having some difficulty with the UI; is there a torrent? Images like https://codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it/assets/500/000R-1.jpg are too low in resolution for good archival; you can't even read the writing.
    by kragen
  • Manipulate the URL for a higher resolution:

      https://codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it/assets/2000/000R-1.jpg
    You don't need to depend on others to create a torrent, as bestowed upon you was the power of wget!

      wget https://codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it/assets/2000/000R-{1..1119}.jpg
  wget https://codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it/assets/2000/000V-{1..1119}.jpg
    by trvz
  • If you get an opportunity to see them in person, it’s worth it because the fine details are that much more impressive up close. Every photo I’ve seen is not as good. Also the illustration is tinier than you would think.
    by Isamu
  • https://codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it/
    by mzs
  • Interesting UI --- wants a full-screen mode and 2-up view and a way to remove all the chrome/UI....

    An earlier example of this sort of thing was Bill Gates' purchase of the Codex Leceister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Leicester which was then digitized and released on a CD-ROM by Corbis:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci_(video_game)

    which was quite engaging, but sadly trapped in the technology of the time --- anyone know of an updated version of it?

    by WillAdams