Leonardo da Vinci and His Mirror Writing

The students of Luca Tozzi College in Frignano, Italy, explore Leonardo da Vinci's specular writing, a unique form of left-handed writing that can only be deciphered using a mirror. Discover Leonardo's diverse talents as a painter, inventor, scientist, and writer, with a mysterious side to him as a literary figure. His distinctive writing style, characterized by linear precision, is a fascinating blend of creativity and innovation. Unravel the secrets behind his "devil's hand" writing and the intriguing concept of mirror writing. Explore how words transform when written specularly and experience the magic of Leonardo's legacy.

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Mirror Writing
• Specular Writing
• Luca Tozzi College
• Left-handed Writing

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1. Les lves du collge LUCA TOZZI de Frignano (Ce) Italie presentent: L onard de Vinci L criture speculaire Mobilit C4- Carej- Roumanie Avril 2021

2. Lonard - crivain L onard a t un peintre, un inventeur, un scientifique, un artiste et un g nie dans tous les demains de la connaissance. Mais son personnage le plus misterieux est le L onard crivain..

3. Il a beaucoup crit dans toutes les formes et tous les styles: les Codes, bien s r, mais aussi des pens es, des des m ditations, et m me des proverbes..

4. En observant ses crits, on peut remarquer une criture linaire, bien definie et caract ris e par un trait d'encre uniforme, comme s il avait utilis un stylo moderne En effet, dans le Code Atlantic on a trouv le dessin d un stylo tout original qui permettait l artiste d crire pages sur pages sans jamais terminer l encre.. Ce stylo est consider le precurseur du stylo plume d aujourd hui

5. La main du diable Toutefois, la particularit la plus importante de ses crits est un type d criture tr s particulaire, d riv e de l'habitude de L onard d crire de droit gauche. En effet, il tait gaucher, mais dans le temps il a appris la capacit d crire aussi avec la main droite. Mais il pr f rait toujours crire par la gauche, en partant du c t droit, selon le principe de l criture sp culaire. Pour a on l appellait la main du diable .

6. What is mirror writing?

7. Specular writing is handwriting that is written from right to left ( left- handed writing), and therefore can be only deciphered by means of a mirror. It is well-known that the direction of the writing in the western world is right-handed, that is, it starts from left and heads towards right.

8. To get an idea of how words are transformed if written specularly, try yourself to write the words Leonardo, writer and architect of the duchy and then put the paper in front of a mirror: the letters will appear not only inverted as if you had written from right to left but also upside down. leonardo, writer and architect of the duchy Voil !

9. WHY DID LEONARDO WRITE THIS WAY? The purpose of this practice by Leonardo remains unknown, though several possible reasons have been suggested. Let's see some theories together: 1. For some scholars Leonardo wrote in this way due to an accident that had compromised a large part of the functionality of his right hand and therefore had become accustomed, with great difficulty, to writing with his left. 2. Leonardo wrote as a left-handed since childhood and it would seem that his grandfather Antonio tried to correct this "diversity" in all ways, without succeeding.

10. 3. Some neurologists have hypothesized that Leonardo was dyslexic, that is, suffering from a disorder that leads to consider words as figures: those who suffer from it find it easy to mirror and transcribe words in Arabic or Hebrew (ie written from right to left). 4. Lovers of mystery believe that his way of writing was dictated exclusively by the desire to make his reading incomprehensible, especially his inventions and drawings, and to protect them from copying, he decided to adopt this style of writing, very similar to a "cryptographic" code.

11. CAN YOU READ BACKWARDS? It is not so hard. Try to do that, now! ART IS NEVER FINISHED, ONLY ABANDONED Leonardo da Vinci

12. TRY AGAIN! WISDOM IS THE DAUGHTER OF EXPERIENCE Leonardo da Vinci

13. ..and now, do you want to write like Leonardo da Vinci? TRY! https://lingojam.com/MirrorYourText

14. thank you for your attention! !noi n o o o n T merci de votre attention! !noi n ov b i M