Travel Reference
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Continuing to the left, the hunt turns to wild boar, as two dogs flush one out of hiding.
Finally (far left, bottom corner), the boar has been caught, and they begin to skin him for
dinner.
In the nearby Room 10c, you'll find a
world map
(c. 1300) showing Christ sitting at
the center of the known universe: Jerusalem. Try a little
brass rubbing
at the hands-on
station.
• Backtrack 20 more paces and find the nearby staircase (or use the elevator). Head up-
stairs two flights to level 2 to see how the foundation of civilization that was laid in me-
dieval times would launch the Renaissance. You'll spill out into Rooms 62-64b, labeled
Medieval & Renaissance, 1400-1600.
In Room 64 (hiding behind a partition on the left),
find the tiny, pocket-size...
Leonardo da Vinci—painter, sculptor, engineer, musician, and scientist—epitomized the
merging of art, knowledge, and science we call the Renaissance. He recorded his obser-
vations and inventions in tiny notebooks like this. This particular codex (or bound book)
dates from years when he was living in Milan, shortly before undertaking his famous
Last
Supper
fresco. He was always busy, but completed little from this time.
