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    CODEX ATLANTICUS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

    AZG Armenian Daily
    01/08/2009

    Culture

    For the first time in history, the Codex Atlanticus is available
    to the general public. With 1750 drawings on 1119 pages, the Codex
    Atlanticus is the largest and most amazing collection of Leonardo's
    manuscripts. It is not available to the general public, but is
    kept in the secure vault room of the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana (a few
    yards from Milan cathedral). Using the technique of high resolution
    digitalization, the 100 most fascinating manuscript pages have been
    reproduced and collected into an interactive book, allowing the pages
    to be turned and examined directly - something never before available
    to the public. As well as the ability to zoom in on details with a
    totally new clarity of enlargement, the three-dimensional animations
    of the main drawings make it possible for the viewer to easily see
    how the mechanisms work.

    The interactive stations in the exhibition allow access to the virtual
    Codex Atlanticus through plasma screens and video projections. Another
    exciting display in the exhibition is the physical reconstruction
    in wood and iron of the "Multi-cannon Gunship", which is the drawing
    that appears on the very first page of the Codex Atlanticus.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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