Adam Savage's Leonardo Da Vinci Notebooks Collection!

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When Adam builds or acquires a prop replica, he's not just looking for the accuracy of its construction, but also an authenticity of the experience of holding and examining the objects. Some of his most prized replicas are faithful reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, created by Italian paper sculptor Stefano Tartaglione. Adam unboxes the newest of these replica codices to arrive at the cave, and marvels at their construction and detail!
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@tested 2 жыл бұрын

Find these replica notebooks here: www.collezioneapocrifadavinci.it/ facebook.com/CollezioneApocrifadaVinci/ Learn more about the original notebooks: www.vam.ac.uk/articles/leonardo-da-vincis-notebooks

@ominae1 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, I highly recommend you "The Orange Manuscript" from José Naranja, is a great piece of notebook art, check it out please.

@alaskankare 2 жыл бұрын

too bad its just an underconstruction page for the website.

@JoeHHarrell 2 жыл бұрын

It's been my understanding that Di Vinci just carried around loose paper and wrote his stuff on it and that the booklets were constructed later from those loose notes. I've always loved Di Vinci, wish I could see one of the original notebooks close up.

@neilbenedict1407 2 жыл бұрын

Your DIY tire spikes video is being shared on Ukraine civilian pages all over the place. Your work not only inspires Adam, you're saving lives! Thank you

@timgelder4263 2 жыл бұрын

Can anyone actually open the website?

@sagevoyage 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever seen Adam so quiet and reverent of an item. You can tell how much it means to him. Compare this to even the grail journal. In that he's excited and acts like his regular self but in this he's almost speechless.

@neilbenedict1407 2 жыл бұрын

All my homies love Stephano

@kreterakete 2 жыл бұрын

How much is this bs?

@TeaGamingPanda Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. Especially considering the grail journal and everything else is a prop, though the journal is more harder, THIS is a piece of real life history He went from a fanboying Indiana Jones to becoming Indiana Jones 😂

@raven8sma 2 жыл бұрын

The gleeful stomping to retrieve something off camera, and the cute "Ah HA HA HAAA" when displaying the old book scents, REALLY makes me happy.

@warped_rider 2 жыл бұрын

It never gets old.

@leemasters3592 2 жыл бұрын

And people think I keep some random items in my workshop!

@willmfrank 2 жыл бұрын

Still needs random objects being tossed through the frame, with Adam saying "That's not it...That's not it...No idea what that is..." And the cartoon sound effects, including the clattering tin can and the cat yowl. 😁

@eligebrown8998 Жыл бұрын

I laughed when he just got up and ran off.

@chrispycryptic 2 жыл бұрын

Your coy attempt to covertly readjust the sharpie position is both satisfying, and comforting.

@ironmanfanman4001 2 жыл бұрын

Technically your shop is a museum. “a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.”

@houdin654jeff 2 жыл бұрын

I realize that a lot of what this craftsman does might be considered trade secrets, but is there a snowball’s chance in hell you guys could set up a visit to his work shop to see some of how he achieves such precision? I’d watch a five part series of that.

@Fuogger 2 жыл бұрын

Please never stop making these Tested videos, they are fascinating and I learn something new every time. Much love

@tom_ashcroft 2 жыл бұрын

Adam, I highly recommend the biography of Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. It’s absolutely incredible and a great insight in to one of my favourite ever humans. I seem to remember a passage where he mentions that Leonardo was known for carrying around a notebook that attached to his belt. So yes he would compile his notes in to notebooks like the one in this video, but I also think he would jot down notes like in a reporters pad, if only to copy them later, as you mentioned, in to final books like this one. It’s been a while since I read it but that’s what I seem to remember. So yes, a lot of copying and re copying but he also had notebooks he took everywhere with him. A mix of both worlds, really. Definitely check it out! Leonardo is the reason I take a notebook everywhere with me and jot down thoughts and ideas. He inspires me on so many levels it makes me quite emotional at times 😂 I don’t feel this message was written very well but I just get very excited by anything Da Vinci and tend to word vomit everywhere when talking about him.

@neilbenedict1407 2 жыл бұрын

Adam is a master in creation, and even HE is mystified by how this was made. Absolutely fascinating.

@behr121002 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. A book that I have wanted to read for years, but still haven't gotten to it!

@thekajalflaneur Жыл бұрын

Im reading this to and it's so utterly inspiring. What a beautiful biography of a historical figure. It's so tender and detailed.

@tom_ashcroft Жыл бұрын

@@thekajalflaneur absolutely! I might have to give it ANOTHER read soon 😂

@SierraLimaOscar 2 жыл бұрын

That is a crazy replica! I wouldn't have known that objects of this quality were even available to the general public. I was quite proud to notice the Belgian linen lining of the presentation box - I know some of you have learned about Belgian Linen from the same source as I have 😃.

@liriosogno6762 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to use a tree emoji as a reference and then realized not everyone knows Baum means tree in German 😹

@kreterakete 2 жыл бұрын

How much is this decadent stuff ?

@daveo1002 2 жыл бұрын

Adam, I think it's awesome when you get excited/giddy about your treasures, as well as when you talk your way through a challenge to yourself during a build. Thank you for your content!

@victorldunn9638 2 жыл бұрын

The sentences that just fade into ecstasy... Literally priceless! Thank you for sharing the extended moment.

@Celtic_Blade 2 жыл бұрын

I have been obsessed with notebooks and paper my entire life. Love this video!

@NeedleHair 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite things in the world is seeing Adam sprint off camera to go grab a thing he wants to show us with extreme excitement. *Chefs kiss*

@larsickenroth7169 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! When I was a kid, my parents took me to London's Natural History Museum. I was already filling sketchbook after sketchbook back then (artist and painter now). The history museum had just printed this tome of works by the artists that joined the early explorers. Just imagine: all these amazing drawings of rhino's, lions and other animals that are entirely based on their quick impressions when observing one combined with their imagination running wild (similar to what artist Walton Ford does these days). These finds are so amazing and inspiring.

@felis1977 2 жыл бұрын

What I love about this presentation is how well Adam's hands match this codex in the close-ups. Well worn craftsman's hands with a permanent grime around the fingernails moving over a well worn, old paper pages with care and reverence... :)

@harbl99 2 жыл бұрын

The codex has never been bettered as a design form in more 1500 years. Spine, protective covers, instantly accessible pages: genius! Umberto Eco's essay _Faith in Fakes_ talks about how an accurate copy of something, or even a sincere pastiche, can evoke the same emotions and intellectual connections as an original artefact. He covers everything from mid-American roadside attractions to relics and Ikons. Good read.

@NadonRay 2 жыл бұрын

One of my first "100%" grades I ever got was in the third grade, I made a replica of a Davinci diary for my research report about Davinci. Stained all the pages with tea, handwrote the entire thing in my third grade handwriting and replicated some of his famous sketches for authenticity. Teacher was blown away by my creativity and made me present it to the class. i honestly think I just replicated a trick I saw on Art Attack or something. But it definitely sparked my interest in making.

@damienkearns3654 Жыл бұрын

Art Attack with Neil Buchanan - Good Times! Hope you kept that diary.

@prehistoricturtlesaurus5309 Жыл бұрын

Lol. I remember learning that same tea stain and weather and read by candlight document tutorial. After a while my folks were like, "dude, stop burning your math homework before you handout in.

@Brokenlance Жыл бұрын

Adams pure passion for everything is such a relief as I'm working through a challenging chapter in my life. It inspires me to keep pushing and to stay passionate. Thanks Adam.

@paulharries696 2 жыл бұрын

I love the look, feel & smell of old books, these replicas look amazing. I've got a few genuine antique books myself, some from the 1820s and one from 1720 - all picked up in local charity shops (thrift shops) for just a few pounds. They're such evocative objects to hold & look through. These replicas look like something special, and it's wonderful to see Adam's enthusiastic reaction.

@appalachianunderground8474 2 жыл бұрын

Man I love looking around thrift stores for awesome old books… I have some from the late 1800s but WOW!! 1720 is awesome, I share your love for these treasures ✝️🇺🇸🤙🏻🅰️

@leemasters3592 2 жыл бұрын

I have a leather bound copy of Wordsworths collected works (undated but was inscribed as presented 'x-mas1898') I took it to school once and they called my mum because they thought 8yo me probably wasn't supposed to have it! Mum was like "it's her book? Not like it's a first edition?'

@behr121002 2 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSS!👍

@willseay8553 2 жыл бұрын

It was my understanding that DaVinci wrote backwards not to encode his works but because he was left handed and writing in mirror image came natural to him.

@jeffshort9313 2 жыл бұрын

Leonardo da Vinci, Universal Genius. I understand and appreciate your reverence for such a sublime replica of the work of such an amazing person.

@drjitters 2 жыл бұрын

I've also loved making little booklets since childhood, and an admirer of Leonardo for nearly as long! Thanks for sharing this special unboxing!

@inesmartinez6201 7 ай бұрын

These are anazing reproduction of Leonardo's notebooks . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qreYmaufydSRfnk.html

@CherylsCreativeWorld33 8 ай бұрын

How lovely to see someone who truly is in awe of something so magnificent. The joy in his delight is obvious!

@DEVOn.A.Skertic Жыл бұрын

Of all the years of watching KZfaq videos, THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST VIDEO EVER VIEWED by me. I can nerd out on something like this ,All day, every day! Extremely impressed on so many levels. Thank you.

@BROON71 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing shots of the various pages of this Da Vinci Notebook with us, Adam!

@LunteBooks 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Adam for sharing this beautiful replica and thank you Stefano Tartaglione for making it! We appreciate your love for old books!

@f1matt 2 жыл бұрын

Super cool! I love that Adam is excited to share this sort of thing with us!

@timothyvolkers5343 2 жыл бұрын

I've always been fascinated with sounds and the sound that you can hear when Adams fingers as they spread across the pages was awesome.

@jaymac7203 2 жыл бұрын

I love the enthusiasm lol and I totally get his reverence for books as objects. And what a book to have wow

@chrismiksworld 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Adam. It is a privilege just to be able to watch a video of you looking at such a beautiful Replika. I LOVE!!! Da Vinci and Old/Ancient Books, Codex, Scripts, Etc. so much and this was Mmmwaaa Magnifico. I mean it was like you were holding an actual MAGICAL Object in your hands showing us Secrets of old and the unknown and esoteric. I was just giddy the whole time lol

@johnnypickens9228 2 жыл бұрын

You are a very fortunate man. You have found things in life that bring you genuine joy

@mromutt 2 жыл бұрын

I didnt know people made things like this at that level and I absolutely love it! I wish there was more of this for everything.

@davidcee1678 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing ! It’s been so great watching you. I been a long time fan been watching for over 15 years since early days of mythbusters! It’s truly great seeing the enthusiasm and genuine interest in your craft! ❤️

@davebenhart4611 2 жыл бұрын

I went to a tour of one of Da Vinci's Codex Leicester several years ago and it was amazing to view. A few pages were encased in glass and viewable on both sides so we could view them and a few more books were open and under glass. They were about Da Vinci working on a dam project for a client. It was a very surreal experience to realize I was looking at pieces of paper that were hundreds of years old.

@discopants68 2 жыл бұрын

Funny that you were more impressed with the age of the paper than by who actually wrote on them.

@Moo_sen 2 жыл бұрын

Love the videos, you've always been a big inspiration to me when I was growing up!

@Backofthecomicshop 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this. It was quite wonderful to see this and your excitement.

@Gold63Beast 2 жыл бұрын

Adam I live vicariously through you. Thanks for your videos. Man is this an amazing piece, I hope one day to own one as well.

@c15page 2 жыл бұрын

I love reproductions, replicas, and artifacts. I've been dying for a Grail Diary just to have it, and a copy of the Codex is mouth wateringly tempting. Thank you for sharing.

@BridgeMakes 2 жыл бұрын

was literally looking into making my own Da Vinci drawings this morning. This was excellent timing for me.

@orenatostefani Жыл бұрын

this video managed to touch my heart today. thanks Adam, keep rocking 👊🏼🙏🏼💜

@davegriepsma 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recreation. Awesome stuff.

@ezpoppy55 2 жыл бұрын

An Adam Savage Cabinet of Curiosities would be an amazing artifact, filled with Impossible Objects.

@peterpferdeort6054 2 жыл бұрын

Im not even holding the codice but literally I was on the verge of tears as you flipped through the pages. There’s just a reverence DaVinci’s work demands and that’s always profoundly touched the soul- and being able to see his notes and writings and his mental process is just amazing.

@simontemplar3359 2 жыл бұрын

That was genuine reverence right there. Beautiful replica, but even more beautiful is Adam's respect for objects like ancient books filled with knowledge. This was not just a cool book, but a cool glimpse into Adam as a person. Really amazing! Also, "codices" is correct.

@juliojimenez9794 2 жыл бұрын

So this is really two works of art. The original by Da Vinci and the replication process by Stefano. Nice!

@vao879 2 жыл бұрын

I’m personally a fan of field guides/journals especially if if they include sketches of what’s being written about, technical and concept art is wonderful as well

@eglewether5523 2 жыл бұрын

I like these kinds of videos ... this is something Id definitely want to have at home and definitely never going to own, and seeing Adam move through it this way, its almost like being there .. Adam mentioning he paid real money for something .. you know with him being skilled prop maker amongst tons of other things ... :D

@leet2821 2 жыл бұрын

I'd give arms and legs to see that and be able to do what you are doing right now! That is the most magnificent authentic version I've ever ever seen!!! ❤️ omg ty so much for sharing this!!!!

@RedstonerD 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam. I'm an artist who does stuff with scents in my practice. One of the main components of the old book scent is the chemical furfural, though scents are very personal and everyone may have a different frame of reference. Feel free to reach out regarding perfumery/scent crafting.

@MarcLloydZ 2 жыл бұрын

@pedromartinez1165 2 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed such authentic looking copies can be purchased. I was pleasently surprized to come accross your channel, I had no idea you where a youtuber, and I'm very excited to visit all your videos. Semper Fi

@cameronpfiffner3415 Жыл бұрын

I was watching this and my son, 16, asked me if you were a collector. I said yes, but that you are a maker as well. You are a fan of and participant in what we call civilization, the vast collective edifice of human culture, which is ever growing and building and striving and making. Thanks for sharing your part of the journey.

@RedKittieKat 2 жыл бұрын

That is fabulous and I completely understand. I have a major affection for anything old paper ... I loveeee it!!! 🥰

@WilliamBlakers 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful manuscript. Congratulations on having it. To me books , especially , bring to life your motto of being custodians of objects. They also test my boundaries between collector and hoarder. I would love to see a video one day of your library, if you have one. I imagine a multitude of storage devices holding comics, technical books, coffee table books and reproductions, all of which are a reflection of the custodian. And just as when we die our memories and thoughts blink into nothing, our collections will eventually disperse too, but , perhaps, linger a moment longer to give form to our lives . I love that you picked up on the smell of an old book. To me it is finer than wine. When i show a person some of my older volumes i make sure they smell them. I bought once a reproduction 3 volume set of the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica...but the smell was all wrong. I came across some vaping oil from the early days of vaping that had a wonderful aroma and used drops of that to hide the new smell. I shall fetch that cologne for myself as much as the tomes. Do you have any good reproductions of the Voynich manuscript? I thought that would be your cup of diet ginger beer. Thanks again for making great videos, especially during these last couple of years.

@gc-pr1qk 2 жыл бұрын

These books are replicas of Divinci’s personal paper hard drives of all his ideas. Fantastic addition to your collection Mr. Savage.

@ronaldwalters5736 2 жыл бұрын

I had the same experience you had when I examined and read a codex from the 1500’s from Mexico. What a moving experience. Added to your experience for me was the fact that as a Franciscan, I was reading the actual handwriting of one of my brother Franciscans!

@burkehealey 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a one day build sometime that dabbles in the world of paper ephemora. I cant wait to see more of the collection of paper items. Those are some of my all time favorite pieces to explore. Thanks so much for sharing this!

@marcuspi999 2 жыл бұрын

I'd get choked up too with a perfect replica of DaVinci's notebook.

@MxPinky 2 жыл бұрын

This was probably one of my favorites

@mikimomeek2278 2 жыл бұрын

These videos bring me up when I get down on collecting

@marcelovolcato8892 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing replica! I'm in awe!

@AlleyBetwixt 2 жыл бұрын

There's a funny authenticity added to the experience of watching this due to the wear and stains on your hands and workbench. Like Leonardo was thumbing through his notes in his own studio (contemporary band-aid notwithstanding). Thanks for sharing this with us, Adam! So cool.

@fepatton 2 жыл бұрын

I went to a class on data presentation by Edward Tufte, and he brought with him a first edition of Galileo which he passed around the class so we could all have the chance to handle it. It was such an astounding experience. I’ve always loved old books and incunabula, but that was the first time I had my hands on something like that. Love to see Adam’s excitement here!

@devinmichaels6822 2 жыл бұрын

Adam way of liking things is so neat he digs props a lot his passion on items is kool

@bpri9880 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! I could thumb through that codex forever

@APV878 2 жыл бұрын

hearing & seeing Adam swoon was part of the fun watching this video. That "experience" and to be able to handle something that is as accurate or as exact as a historical print as possible is the work that I have been doing for a few years with the work of Paul Revere (and I also have a huge interest in the Old Masters and using their techniques), work I do with the Printing Office of Edes & Gill in Boston MA where we have an exact-size replica of the Declaration as printed in Boston on the same kind of paper with the same kind of hand-set type, and my exact-size replica of Revere's Boston Massacre copperplate engraving, again using the same methods he did, same kind of paper, even some hand-colored in watercolors. (although I do not go as far as to age the work down to every tear and stain, instead I try to make it look as if you bought a print as exactly as it came in 1770 as I can, but I digress). Friends that do similar work like Colonial Wiliamsburg does with their Print shop, and Jorge Lar / Prelo Prints, replicating 16th century prints & woodcuts. (I have a replica of Aesop's Fables as printed by William Caxton ca 1470s that Jorge did, excellent work).

@paultiki9968 2 жыл бұрын

One of the things that I have noticed over the years is that Adam has genuine gratitude for things like this. It's part of what makes him such a beautiful person, and it's a quality absent in so many people today.

@BlakeAStoffel 2 жыл бұрын

From Isaacson’s biography I think the backwards writing was determined to be because he was left handed so it wouldn’t smudge as opposed to being a code.

@davidrea8833 2 жыл бұрын

That's my understanding as well. He was left-handed in a time of puffy sleeves and slow-drying ink

@rmvdhaak 2 жыл бұрын

Sure but he also wrote everything mirrored. That has nothing to do with left-handedness.

@beeble2003 2 жыл бұрын

@@rmvdhaak He's writing cursive. Writing the normal way around, you start each letter on its left side and finish it on the right, ready to link onto the next one. If you tried to do that when writing right-to-left, the letters wouldn't link up, and you'd always be moving the pen over the letter you just wrote, to get to the start point of the next letter. So you have two choices: either you draw the letters un-mirrored but reverse the stroke order, or you draw the letters mirrored, with the usual stroke order. Mirroring seems more natural, to me -- particularly capital letters always link from their right side, but in un-mirrored right-to-left writing, they're always at the end of the word.

@beeble2003 2 жыл бұрын

@Blake Surely somebody of Da Vinci's intelligence wouldn't think for a moment that mirror writing would function as a code?

@LachlanKadick 2 жыл бұрын

@@rmvdhaak False. Using mirrors was actually a standard way for a left-handed person to write.

@jasond6915 2 жыл бұрын

I want to see the other ones. Very nice Adam. Congrats

@steveo601 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds so real as your flipping the pages. Duuuuude

@bigj3086 2 жыл бұрын

It's literally like looking at someone thinking of something for the first time. Or inventing something. Super special very cool.

@321southtube 2 жыл бұрын

Some of this was like watching Pulp Fiction when they opened the briefcase. Very cool Adam. The look of this is absolutely amazing. Incredible detail and craftsmanship

@filpaul 2 жыл бұрын

We happy? Adam? We happy? Thought the exact thing

@julienmgastonmercier Жыл бұрын

That sharpie adjustment at the beginning was legendary.

@dunadan57 2 жыл бұрын

It's a joy to see your pure joy 😊

@bradhoehne8369 Жыл бұрын

I literally just got done reading Water Isaacson's Leonardo biography. This popped up in my feed not long after. Thanks!

@NYCCollector7648 2 жыл бұрын

Possibly the most magnificent piece of art I have seen on tested since the inception of tested / the adam Savage project. THANK YOU for the links to the webpage for learning more about the original note nooks. ON Second thought take out the word possibly from the first sentence.

@Logovanni 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. What a thing. I was obsessed with Da Vinci all through middle and high school. I learned about his backwards writing with his left hand when I was in middle school and worked for months training my left hand to write coherently the backwards part happened all on its own. It’s strange and fascinating how the brain works like that. I was so into this that I turned in homework written in mirror-writing which some teachers were not impressed with.

@eligebrown8998 Жыл бұрын

You should have gotten an A+ since you did the work like the person you were learning about.

@LumberingTroll 2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried using the booklet to hold the mirror? As in set the mirror on the right page when reading the left, and on the left page while reading the right, allowing the mirror to rest where the two pages meet at the fold. Great video! It's always a joy to see how excited, and enthusiastic you are about these things!

@suiattle1 2 жыл бұрын

Adam: I too am a longtime admirer of Leonardo and had the great experience of seeing a display of some actual pages of one of his notebooks at a museum in Milan in '15. I had just turned 70 at the time and the thing that impacted me most was how tiny the writing and sketches were. Admittedly they were in a glass case and displayed in dim light and I won't vouch for my visual acuity, but still, it surprised me.

@user-de7yt1mo5l 10 күн бұрын

Collezione apocrifa è qui a due passi da casa mia…che fortuna!Spero di andarci presto!

@jsturo Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing such an important new arrival with us - your joy and enthusiasm are infectious. I always enjoy your videos, your passion for learning is an inspiration to us all. I too collect ephemera although on a modest scale, my main collecting focus is photography, especially from my hometown of Sarnia, ON Canada. I do Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes (Ferrotypes) etc. from anywhere but Canada and Sarnia are my main focus. I keep hoping that someday Sarnia will have a museum that I could donate my collection to - one lives in hope.

@saurabhjagtap4987 Жыл бұрын

its awesome , i never ever seen this before only heard about it. i am really happy to see and thanks for your effort

@annwagner5779 2 жыл бұрын

Adam, thank you so much. I am a curator of drawings - seeing this gave me real joy. I will thank you by referring you to a book that you will love, if you don't already have it. It describes techniques you will be able to use for making or enhancing your beloved paper props. The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books and Other Works on Paper by Max Schweidler, translated, edited, and with an appendix by Roy Perkinson. Roy Perkinson was (before he retired to devote himself to grandchildren, art, and travel) a great paper conservator who ran the lab at the Museum of Fine Ars, Boston. Schweidler was the greatest of an earlier era, who did not always confine himself to what we would currently call ethical conservation. Schweidler tells, essentially, how to fake old master prints so they are almost impossible to tell from the real thing. To this good day, museum curators and conservators of old master prints have to watch like hawks to make sure they are not fooled by prints that have been "Schweiderlized." This book is mostly to help the curators and conservators tell Schweiderlized prints from real old masters. But of course, it could go the other way . . . Use your new powers for good, Adam, not evil!

@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so 3 ай бұрын

Interesting. An authentic experience with a prop. A zen-like experience.

@corywarshaw4100 2 жыл бұрын

Adam giddily running off camera to grab old book cologne is everything amazing.

@candamorgan 2 жыл бұрын

How does this even exist....outstanding!

@pops55650 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing tangible link to the past. More visceral than looking at a computer screen

@swissington8472 2 жыл бұрын

Those pages did sound a lot of fun to turn!!

@behr121002 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool Adam! I know that 'Leo' has been one of my historical scientist/artist/makers/ observers/historical 'Renaissance man' heroes since I was in my 20's.

@joshprevillefilms 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos on this channel! More ephemera videos please!!

@trygun4 Жыл бұрын

This was a real inspiration! Thank you Adam! As a collector of books about books, focusing on the physical appearance of books, combined with the content, not only the content, the initial inspiration for my later education and career as a librarian was the physical handling of a facsimile of Peter’s letter from the Bible, given to my previous work place by Pope John Paul II.

@threadsandpurrs 2 жыл бұрын

This is gorgeous!!

@SevenDeMagnus Жыл бұрын

So cool. God bless master Leonardo Da Vinci.

@eligebrown8998 Жыл бұрын

That is a gorgeous piece of work. Love history. I am getting ready to build a working clock that Leonardo did. I'm using the plastic clock from Hobby Lobby as a guide. I'm going to make it from wood. Love how you just took off and came back with scents. 😂😂 love your show!

@hoegild1 2 жыл бұрын

KZfaq needs a button that means more than "like"! I LOVE this.

@maxtravers1314 Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad that someone else compulsively makes pamphlets and books, I’m infamous in my family for always having tons of lists

@engineeredlifeform 2 жыл бұрын

Got to love some DaVinci. I have a 6' x 4' Vitruvian Man wall hanger in my office, and a while ago, I picked up a pop up book of Da Vinci inventions, which is kinda fun.