The Scene:
Biblioteca Ambrosiana,
Milan
The Crime:
Theft of the Codex Atlanticus, twelve
volumes of writings and drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci. Totaling 1,119 pages long, the contents of
the Codex Atlanticus were produced between 1478 and
1519 and span a great variety of subjects, including flight, weaponry, musical
instruments, mathematics, and botany. It
is the largest set of Da Vinci’s work.