Publisher's Synopsis
Leonardo daVinci was not only one of the leading artists of the Renaissance, he was also one of the greatest anatomists ever to have lived. He combined, to a unique degree, manual skill in dissection, analytical skill in understanding the structures he uncovered, and artistic skill in recording his results. Leonardo's campaign of human dissection carried out during 1510-11 was recorded on the pages of a manuscript now in the Print Room atWindsor Castle known as Anatomical Manuscript A.These are extensively annotated in Leonardo's distinctive 'mirror-writing', which is translated here for the first time 'on the page'. so that the unfolding of his thoughts can be followed by both the specialist and the general reader.
