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from the “not that there’s anything wrong with that” dep’t:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci%27s_personal_life#Personal_relationships

The most overt biographical detail concerning Leonardo’s personal life is a Florentine court record showing that in 1476, while in the workshop of Verrocchio, Leonardo (along with two others) was accused anonymously of sodomy with a male prostitute, Jacopo Saltarelli. Though he has been described in recent times as a “model,” no such profession existed in his days.[11] After two months he was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.[12] Sodomy was theoretically an extremely serious offense, carrying the death penalty, but its very seriousness made it equally difficult to prove. [citation 11 — Caravaggio and his two cardinals By Creighton Gilbert, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; p303N96. citation 12 — Saslow, Ganymede in the Renaissance: Homosexuality in Art and Society, 1986, p.197]


30 posted on 02/02/2011 5:35:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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37 posted on 02/02/2011 6:19:39 PM PST by Daffynition ( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
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