Experts have begun unbinding Leonardo Da Vinci’s 12-volume Atlantic Code, a move they say will help preserve the Italian master’s largest collection of drawings and writings and allow some pages to go on display. Sheets of the Code, which holds Da Vinci’s ideas on geometry, nature, weaponry, anatomy and other subjects, will be exhibited in September in the Milan church that houses his ‘Last Supper’ fresco. The unbinding process was preceded by consultation with relevant authorities and international experts, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana said, adding the move would allow a “more suitable preservation” of the works. It has yet to determine which pages will go on display at the Santa Maria delle Grazie church, home to the ‘Last Supper’ mural.

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