News: Leonardotheka 2.0 online from Monday, June 8

The new version of Leonardotheka will be accessible from June 8. This innovative digital library has become an indispensable tool for studying Leonardo's manuscripts.

The current platform, online since 2023, allows users to consult high-resolution images and transcriptions of the nearly 1,200 sheets of the Codex Atlanticus, while simultaneously providing access to over two centuries of scholarly research.

Leonardotheka 2.0 expands to include the approximately 600 sheets preserved in the Royal Collection at Windsor, which contain spectacular anatomical, figurative, and landscape drawings. These two monumental digital archives will be available for consultation both independently and as a single, integrated resource featuring cross-searching capabilities.

Furthermore, the new version makes it possible to reconstruct the original state of Leonardo's manuscript legacy prior to the disastrous intervention of the sculptor Pompeo Leoni. At the end of the 16^th century, Leoni dismembered many of Leonard's notebooks and loose sheets, distributing them into two large albums: the Codex Atlanticus (now at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana) and the collection held at the Royal Library in Windsor.

Leonardotheka was created thanks to the collaboration with the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, the Royal Collection Trust, the Biblioteca Leonardiana in Vinci, the Commissione Vinciana, and LEOcode.