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Leonardo Da Vinci drawings to go online

Thousands of Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings and scientific theories will soon be viewable for free on the internet.

Until now the majority of the manuscripts have been seen only by scholars but the National Museum of Leonardo in his hometown of Vinci has promised to scan about 12,000 pages and create an archive.

The European Union is funding the website www.leonardodigitale.com, and 3,000 pages have been scanned so far.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)