Since I recently read too many a lot of books about Leonardo, and it is Lent, AND some bloggers are beginning to assert that Leonardo was vegan (?!), it seemed like a good time to investigate the claim that Leonardo was a vegetarian. Big mistake! Although "Leonardo was a vegetarian" is all over the internet, trying to find factual evidence requires some serious digging. As in: two earth movers and a steam shovel tearing off the top of a mountain-type digging. Hours and hours of reading more books, only to find a handful of (mostly circumstantial) evidence. Not sure what I expected after 500 years, but, you know. It still felt like a failed expedition.
Anyhow, since the hard part was done, here are the facts laid out for you in "Was Leonardo a Vegetarian?" You will have to make up your own mind. The only things of which I am 100% certain are that (1) Leonardo absolutely, positively was not a vegan, and (2) my head is still throbbing from Kindle fatigue.
Anyhow, since the hard part was done, here are the facts laid out for you in "Was Leonardo a Vegetarian?" You will have to make up your own mind. The only things of which I am 100% certain are that (1) Leonardo absolutely, positively was not a vegan, and (2) my head is still throbbing from Kindle fatigue.
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