I will make an infinite number of items for attack and defence

Leonardo da Vinci applies for a job

Mar 14, 2025

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A giant catapult drawn in the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Medium: Pen and ink on paper; Creation date: ca. 1499; Located in: Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy - via Getty)

Long before he painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci was a job-seeker. In the early 1480s, hoping to secure a position at the court of Ludovico Sforza, the rul…

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