Da Vinchi Backwards Writing
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- blackspade
been reading alot about leonardo recently...
any ideas as too why he would often write backwards, so his notes could only be read in a mirror ? he would also look at his paintings in a mirror as if he gained a new perspective on his work, ..i found it interesting anyways!
"Leonardo even wrote backwards. His many notebooks are written in a backwards script and can only be easily read by using a mirror"
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jl…
bill gates bought some of his original note pages for somthin like 30 mill !
- warheros0
ive heard some of his sketches have been found and sold for millions as well.
i think i remember learning that he wrote backwards so no one could read it except him. to keep his stuff secret? could be wrong though, but that is what i remember.
a very smart man!
- blackspade0
yea i read somthing similar about the theory that it was so he could keep his notes to himself, but it wouldnt be the hardest code in the world to break !?
"Although unusual, this is a trait shared by many left-handed dyslexic people. Most of the time, dyslexic writers are not even consciously aware that they are writing this way.
Leonardo's spelling is also considered erratic and quite strange. He also started many more projects then he ever finished - a characteristic now often considered to be 'A.D.D.'"
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- SEXY_BEAST0
It's DA VINCI without the H, you illiterate bastard! Leo would despise you...
:P
- blackspade0
oh tru, my bad
- godbcdy0
the vinci o:
- 3rror4040
yeah i was at walmart just now and was reading thru the da vinci code.
looks like a nice book.. will read it once im done wid highschool in a few weeks
- warheros0
i got me some audio-tapesssss