// PRIVATE (BILL GATES) · SEATTLE

Codex Leicester

Codice Leicester

A focused study of water, rock and the cosmos written c.1508–10 — including Leonardo's explanation of the pale light of the moon. The only codex in private hands, owned by Bill Gates.

Images not publicly available.

76Transcriptions

01 // PROVENANCE

Private (Bill Gates)

Seattle — where the original survives today.

02 // EXTENT

76 transcriptions

Catalogued with scholarly transcription; high-resolution images are not yet publicly available.

03 // ACCESS

Reading Room

Held as a catalogue record while the images are sourced.