Ryan, Michael, Philip Cottrell, Michael J. Gorman, and Dorothy Cross. Leonardo da Vinci The Codex Leicester. Ed. Elizabeth Bacon. London: Scala Publishers Ltd, 2007.
This book contained secondary sources. It provided a timeline on the life of Leonardo da Vinci. Describes Leonardo da Vinci's life in different perspectives, his achievements, inventions, and art in the context of the Codex Leicester.
Many of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts were intended as preparatory sketches for future published works, and the Codex Leicester is one of the most advanced. Written densely on 18 sheets illustrated with geometrical diagrams and experiments imagined and real, it is a complex and fascinating meditation around a subject that enthralled Leonardo for much of his career: water. Named after the 1st Earl of Leicester who purchased it in 1717, it was later renamed after the wealthy industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Armand Hammer. In 1994, it was bought at auction by Bill Gates, who reverted it back to The Codex Leicester.
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