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Leonardo da Vinci (Live)

You're Dead to Me

CHAPTER

The Paradox of Sodomy in Florence

In 1478, Leonardo describes a man called Fioravente de Domenico as his most cherished companion. He gets in legal trouble when he and three other men are alleged to have sex with Yakupo Salter-Relli. On balance, we think that Leonardo was probably what we now call gay or bisexual - even if those were not the terms that were current at the time.

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