# An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence

Date: 1476

## The fact

On 9 April 1476 an anonymous accusation named Leonardo in a sodomy file before the Officers of the Night. The case was dismissed. It is a rights-risk instrument, not a proven act. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He was named in a 1476 accusation. The office of the Night investigated; the case was dismissed. He did not write the tamburo.

## Context

Jacopo Saltarelli is the named other party in the received file. Sharing the accusation with the Night office is required. The setting of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence is the public file around 1476-04-09. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [protection-of-minority-rights](/drivers/protection-of-minority-rights) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1476-04-09 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Leonardo, 1476 accusation at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Cambridge studies neighbourhood on Florentine Night Officers at https://www.cambridge.org/core/ (Cambridge University Press). Official carrier: Britannica — Leonardo, 1476 accusation (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Cambridge studies neighbourhood on Florentine Night Officers (https://www.cambridge.org/core/; Cambridge University Press).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Leonardo, 1476 accusation (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence on 1476-04-09. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence under 1476-04-09 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence under 1476-04-09.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Allegation stays allegation. Do not convert dismissal into a conviction. Mixed effects of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence are separate paths.

The attached driver is protection-of-minority-rights. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- Leonardo da Vinci: https://factrail.ai/people/leonardo-da-vinci

## Drivers

- Protection of Minority Rights: https://factrail.ai/drivers/protection-of-minority-rights

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-sodomy-1476