Use the internet or other sources to learn more about the life of leonardo da vinci. make a list of ten surprising facts about this genius of the renaissance

-Da Vinci was first trained as a musician, a lyre player to be exact, and was simply homeschooled.

-He trained under the Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio and spent days observing nature, which prominently featured in his works.

-Leonardo was known to have been able to write with one hand and draw with another at the same time.

-He developed a system of writing backwards to note down his important findings and to hide secret messages, decipherable only through a mirror.

-A theory suggests that Mona Lisa was being entertained by clowns and musicians while Leonardo was painting her.

-Apart from his amazing paintings, Leonardo also made extensive detailed drawings of helicopters, aeroplanes, parachutes, armored tanks, automatic rifles, and other lethal siege weapons.

-He was arrested along with several of his male companions on the allegations of sodomy, a crime punishable by death in 15th century Florence. (His case was dismissed)

-He trained under the Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio and spent days observing nature, which prominently featured in his works.

-Leonardo was the love child of a lawyer by the name of Ser Piero and a peasant named Caterina.

-Leonardo was almost executed.

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horror and alarm

this is shown in the exserp then he beat at the door and called, but none responded, and for wrath he could have dashed the door down, but it was too stout, and he had no weapon; for his arms had been taken from him.when it was dark, suddenly it seemed to sir lancelot that the room smelled foul, as if he had been carried into the midst of the quaking marsh, and was sunk deep in the slime and weeds of a pool. then, through the arrow-slit, he saw many strange lights come, dim and blue like the wild lights that dance and flit over the lonely marshes by night; but that which made him   marvel was that these lights were two together, as if they were the eyes of evil things. and they came up to him with a breath that was cold and dank, and they seemed to peer into his face, but he could see naught of their bodies. the hair upon his head rose, and his skin went cold. they pressed all about him, and to defend himself he struck at the eyes, but his blows beat only the air. then suddenly sir lancelot felt sharp pains, as if small keen knives had been thrust into his flesh at many places. the stabs increased in number and in pain, and sir lancelot beat about himself and ran to and fro in the narrow chamber to escape   the evil eyes and the stabs, but it was in vain, and thus all night in much misery he suffered. when for sheer weariness he lay down and tried to close his eyes, the evil things would not let him, but ever they tore at him and stabbed him.