
Where: London, Victoria
and Albert Museum
When: 1490-1505
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Forster Codices
These manuscripts are in London, at the Victoria
and Albert Museum. The paper manuscripts are parchment-bound and
are known as: "Forster I" (14 x 10 cm), "Forster
II" (10 x 7 cm) and "Forster III" (9 x 7 cm). They
include studies on geometry, weights and hydraulic machines which
Leonardo carried out in different periods, between 1490 and 1496
for "Forster III", between 1495 and 1497 for "Forster
II" and between 1487 and 1490-1505 for "Forster I".
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