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originally posted by: Cauliflower
I'm not sure where you are trying to go with this but.
Why do some people capitalize the D in Da Vinci and others not?
originally posted by: Shiloh7
I think when you write his full name, As Jonjonj says its Leonardo of/from Vinci, hence Leonardo da Vinci.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Shiloh7
I think when you write his full name, As Jonjonj says its Leonardo of/from Vinci, hence Leonardo da Vinci.
Actually, being that he was a bastard, his full name is Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, meaning Leonardo the son of Sir Piero of Vinci.
originally posted by: Jonjonj
And just to curl the curl as they say, why would his name include the name of his father, bastard as he was? Lol indeed, the old ways were the best.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Jonjonj
And just to curl the curl as they say, why would his name include the name of his father, bastard as he was? Lol indeed, the old ways were the best.
Italian custom at the time did not permit illegitimate children to take the surnames of their fathers.
Although the 'ser' (sir) denoted that at least his was a bastard from a well-off family.