Namhlanje silapha isetyenziselwa ezo mbono zemephu yesathelayithis, sinokungahoyi ukuba sele ikho kwi-1502 imephu yokuqala yesathelayithi yesixeko sase-Italiya eyenziweyo. Kwaye unyana wolahleko owayidalayo wayengekho ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi kweLeonardo da Vinci omkhulu.
Ingqondi ngexesha lakhe eyayiphambiliItekhnoloji ethi namhlanje isivumele ukuba sithathe iifoto umbono wesathelayithi. Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, ingqondo eqaqambileyo yomculi wase-Italiya wakwazi ukuyila ngokwakhe ukuba isixeko sase-Imola sasiza kubonakala njani esibhakabhakeni.
Kwaye nokuba sibeka imephu yakho ezotywe nguDa Vinci kumbono wesathelayithi Kwisixeko esinye, sinokuqonda ubukrelekrele kunye nobugcisa ngasemva kwengqondo yomculi wase-Italiya onetalente ezininzi. Kwakukho ngo-1502 xa wafumana umyalelo omnye wabakwaBorgia xa wayefakwa kwisixeko.
Omnye wemisebenzi yakho yayikukunceda uBorgia ukuba azi intsimi yesixeko. Into eyothusayo yeyokuba uLeonardo uziqhelanise neemephu ezazenziwe ngala maxesha xa "eziqhelekileyo" zadalwa ngokwembono kwaye enye yathintela umbono wezakhiwo ezisingqongileyo.
Imephu ezibonakala zibukeka kakhulu, kodwa zazingenabume kunye nomlinganiso wabo banombono wesathelayithi esinawo namhlanje kwaye uLeonardo wayila ngokuqaqambileyo. YayinguVitruvius, injineli yaseRoma, ekhuthaze uLeonard ukuba enze imephu ye icon. Yimephu esinceda ukuba sazi imigama, iimilo, amagophe kunye nezinye iindawo zomdla wokuchaza indawo.
ULeonardo uza kusebenzisa ikhampasi ukukhokela isixeko kunye nazo zonke iindonga, ngakumbi i-engile efanayo kwaye ngenxa yoko babenakho ukuphinda benze imephu yesatellite yesixeko saseImola. Sishiya ezinye ezintsha Imizobo kaLeonardo ethe yavela kutshanje.