Why did Bill Gates purchase da Vinci's Codex Leicester for $30 million?
Answers
Answer:
He wanted to share Leonardo’s sense of wonder and curiosity with the world
When have a hero we admire, we feel compelled to share the reasons we’re so inspired by them with everyone else.
Just last year, Gates announced a project that he was working on called the “Codescope,” an interactive kiosk touch screen that allows a person to explore the “Codex Leicester.” It was Gates’ way of encouraging others to learn about the history of Leonardo’s notebook, see every page of his original writing, get translations and even watch animated versions of his drawings.
“Since you can’t touch the Codex itself — it’s preserved behind glass — the ‘Codescope’ is the next best thing to flipping through the pages that the great man wrote on,” Gates wrote in a post announcing the project.
As part of the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, the “Codescope” (and the “Codex Leicester”) ended up traveling through a number of museums in Europe (from October 2018 to January 20, 2019) and was available to the public.
Explanation: