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Trunk of Clothing

This object symbolizes the close bond between Leonardo and Salai. Their relationship is a bit mysterious, so the fact that this object intermingled their respective possessions is a clue to the closeness of the relationship between them.

Notebook

This object symbolizes Leonardo's obsession with recording his thoughts, plans, dreams, and doodles. This object was carried around by Leonardo throughout his life, often as an attachment to his belt.

Wax

This object represents the ingenuity Leonardo used when investigating questions he had about the world, the human body, and life itself. Leonardo injected this object into a heart and into a brain in order to be able to create a glass mold of each piece of anatomy, making discoveries along the way that had they been published at the time, would have rocked the medical world with their revelations.

Birds in the Marketplace

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