EditorialCristofor de Premis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. Jesus converses with the Samaritans. Codex De Predis. (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.
EditorialThe Magdeburg panel, Ottonian, around 965 CE. Ivory panel with a scene from the gospel of Saint Luke: Christ and a group of disciples meet a bier being carried out of the city gate. The background is pierced with equal-armed crosses. The panel would ha...
EditorialCristoforo De Predis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. Mary brings an ointment to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus. Codex of Predis, 1476. Royal Library. Turin, Italy.
EditorialCristofor de Premis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. Mary Magdalene finds the grave without the body of Jesus. Codex De Predis. (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.
EditorialAlhazen's problem from Atlantic Codex (Codex Atlanticus) by Leonardo da Vinci. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy.
EditorialCodex Borgia (around 1600; of Pre-Columbian Mexican origin). The Codex Borgia is the most beautiful of the remaining preserved ancient Mexican hand painted manuscripts. A number of codices have been identified as to having similar traits as the Borgia....
EditorialWater and Land Machines. Float. Its function is that troops can cross the river. Leonardo's drawing. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 656, 1485-1490. Model by Luigui Tursini, 1952. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy.
EditorialShip with sickle (escorpio). Manuscript B, sheet 90 v. Codex Ashburnham 2037, sheet 8 V. 1487-1492. Description: By means of a covering system, the ship can move and be manoeuvred without danger. The sickle is mounted on a wooden pole moved by a pinwhe...
EditorialBruzio Visconti or Brizio Visconti, poet and politician, son of Luchino Visconti. Lord of Lodi, d. 1356. Brutius Vicecomes (Bruzio) rides the middle horse between two knights Vigor (Bernabo Visconti) and Sensus (Franceschino de Cristiani, Pavian judge)...
EditorialCristofor de Predis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. Miniature depicting The Jews asking Pilate that on Saturday they do not break the legs of the two thieves. Codex de Predis, 1476. Royal Library. Turin. Italy.
EditorialJohn Skylitzes. Synopsis of Histories. Battle between Hungarians and Bulgarians of Simeon I the Great (864-927) won by the Hungarians. Codex of the 12th century. National Library. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialTom Smith, a veteran programmer, shows how Codex can instantly generate computer code from a request in plain English in Lafayette, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2021. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)
EditorialTom Smith, a veteran programmer, shows how Codex can instantly generate computer code from a request in plain English in Lafayette, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2021. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)