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This book may be the most important document ever to man-kind.
Da Vinci believed that people could reach the corners of the physical and the metaphysical world. That's what the hands reaching the square and circle represent. Not only that, this is a self portrait of the most intelligent man to ever exist in human history. I like how he methodically plans out how to draw himself with those lines everywhere.
Originally posted by timewalker
reply to post by XRaDiiX
This book may be the most important document ever to man-kind.
My feelings exactly friend. No body did this for "fun". It was WAY expensive and professionally scribed with no mistakes.
Originally posted by Monts
Edit:
I just noticed that the dating was performed exclusively on the vellum the manuscript was written on, and not the actual writing itself.
It still seems pretty unlikely to me that the vellum was sitting around for 30+ years until Leo decided to pick it up and have a go [
Originally posted by timewalker
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Originally posted by autowrench
reply to post by OnceReturned
Good call. It could be Da Vinci's Horoscope, after all. I sometimes wonder if Da Vinci himself wasn't an alien. His accomplishments are far and above anything any other like him could do.
Originally posted by Hanslune
.Of course he could have been a dumb down version of an alien......however as his birth is well attested his being an alien-unless you bring in pod people - is a bit of fun only!
Originally posted by Osiris1953
Originally posted by Hanslune
.Of course he could have been a dumb down version of an alien......however as his birth is well attested his being an alien-unless you bring in pod people - is a bit of fun only!
Did you see the episode of Futurama with Da Vinci? He was the smartest person on our planet, but the absolute dumbest on his own planet... he was constantly picked on for having being unintelligent.
Originally posted by Hanslune
Originally posted by autowrench
reply to post by OnceReturned
Good call. It could be Da Vinci's Horoscope, after all. I sometimes wonder if Da Vinci himself wasn't an alien. His accomplishments are far and above anything any other like him could do.
If Da Vinci had been an 'alien' he would have known a number of his ideas wouldn't work the way he envisioned them. He would have known the formulae to determine the work (power) necessary to make them work. Of course he could have been a dumb down version of an alien......however as his birth is well attested his being an alien-unless you bring in pod people - is a bit of fun only!