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X-API-Key
string
header
required

Optional — raises your rate limit. Patron keys get the highest tier.

Query Parameters

subject
enum<string>

One of the 25 frozen subject terms.

Available options:
geometry,
arithmetic-and-proportion,
physics-and-mechanics,
hydraulics,
anatomy,
geology,
astronomy,
optics-and-light,
botany,
flight,
machines-and-devices,
weapons-and-fortification,
architecture,
civil-engineering,
painting-and-perspective,
figure-studies,
sculpture-and-casting,
horses-and-animals,
landscape,
cartography,
ornament-and-heraldry,
lists-and-accounts,
language-and-latin,
personal-notes,
fables-and-prose
collection
enum<string>

One of the 28 enriched collections.

Available options:
ambrosiana-drawings,
codex-arundel,
codex-atlanticus,
codex-flight-of-birds,
codex-forster-i,
codex-forster-ii,
codex-forster-iii,
codex-madrid-i,
codex-madrid-ii,
codex-urbinas,
paris-ashburnham-a,
paris-ashburnham-b,
paris-ms-a,
paris-ms-b,
paris-ms-c,
paris-ms-d,
paris-ms-e,
paris-ms-f,
paris-ms-g,
paris-ms-h,
paris-ms-i,
paris-ms-k,
paris-ms-l,
paris-ms-m,
turin-drawings,
uffizi-drawings,
usa-collection-drawings,
venice-accademia-drawings

Response

A random folio record.

The complete record for one manuscript page.

slug
enum<string>
required

One of the 28 enriched collections.

Available options:
ambrosiana-drawings,
codex-arundel,
codex-atlanticus,
codex-flight-of-birds,
codex-forster-i,
codex-forster-ii,
codex-forster-iii,
codex-madrid-i,
codex-madrid-ii,
codex-urbinas,
paris-ashburnham-a,
paris-ashburnham-b,
paris-ms-a,
paris-ms-b,
paris-ms-c,
paris-ms-d,
paris-ms-e,
paris-ms-f,
paris-ms-g,
paris-ms-h,
paris-ms-i,
paris-ms-k,
paris-ms-l,
paris-ms-m,
turin-drawings,
uffizi-drawings,
usa-collection-drawings,
venice-accademia-drawings
index
integer
required
folios
string[]
required

Canonical folios this image carries in reading order, encoded <number>|<side>, e.g. ["3|r"]; an Arundel opening carries two.

image
object
required

Public scan URLs in three sizes, served from the CDN.

transcriptions
object[]
required

Original e-Leo transcriptions on this image (empty when none survives).

enrichment
object | null
required

Reader's Edition record; null for the few pages outside enrichment scope.

url
string<uri>
required

The page on venivididavinci.com — link here when you reproduce content.

attribution
string
required

Ready-made credit line.

Example:

"Reader's Edition — venivididavinci.com/codex/codex-flight-of-birds/6"

label
string
Example:

"f. 3r"

kind
enum<string>

variant marks a spectral re-shoot (UV / transmitted light) of a sheet already in the set.

Available options:
leaf,
variant