Eternal Gardens Journal

Da Vinci Notes 01: The Mirror Hand, or How Leonardo Kept His Notebooks

Why my left hand runs from right to left, what I put in my small books and long lists, and what I fear will become of them when I am gone.

How Leonardo kept his notebooks: mirror writing and the left hand, his to-do lists and word lists, and how the codices were scattered after Melzi.

Leonardo da Vinci · November 8, 2026 · 33 min