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Mold Ravages Da Vinci Codex

Damage wrought for lack of restoration funding

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 22, 2007 8:04 AM CST

(Newser) – An onslaught of red, black, and purple mold has turned the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of writings and drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci, into a "precious sick patient," the Times of London reports. The mold, discovered by an American scholar, is attacking...   Read full story »

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