![]() ![]() In the astronomical drawing of the Milky Way, the stars travel through the night sky in a clockwise direction (Figure 7). The drawing depicting Gemini is interesting in that it depicts a man and woman dressed in garments typical of the 15th century Italy. As nothing is known about Leonardo’s childhood it is difficult for me to correlate them with his early life. The handwriting of some of the names is different and not all the names are written in mirror image script. I have cropped some of the pictures and put the sign and the name under it into Figure 6, together with my interpretation of the name. There are a number of other astrological charts representing other signs of the zodiac. This is not the only drawing in the manuscript indicative of mirror image writing or drawing. The drawing is outstanding for a child but only adequate for an adult. Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings of a fetus are extraordinary and as an adult he would not have made this type of error. The author of these pictures was however unfamiliar with human female anatomy, but had probably observed the dissection of a female dog or pig. This picture also depicts the union of a sperm with an ova, indicating an extraordinary insight into human reproduction. One drawing, s3724838 ( Figure 5), shows one of the little ladies, as the arrow indicates, with both breasts and male genitalia. The biological drawings have a childlike quality. This is an error that a child is likely to make.
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