Curators on Camera: Leonardo da Vinci's 'mirror writing'
Channel: British Library
Date: 2019-06-12

Many of Leonardo’s manuscripts are written in his characteristic 'mirror writing', left-handed and moving from right to left. But do you know why he wrote in this way?

Curator Stephen takes a closer look with the Codex Arundel (Arundel MS 263, ff. 271v-278r). 

Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion (open 7 June – 8 September 2019) displays, for the first time in the UK, highlights from one of the British Library’s finest treasures, the Codex Arundel, alongside the Codex Forster from the V&A and a selection of sheets from the Codex Leicester. Book exhibition tickets: http://www.bl.uk/leonardo