Long before keyboards and hard drives, DaVinci filled hundreds of bound journals with sketches and ruminations on everything from helicopters to human anatomy. Today his notebooks are kept in some of the world's finest museums.

It's never too late to record your own brilliant observations about the world. And there's no better place to start than in the pages of our classically-designed Lion Crest Journal. It looks like a holdover from the 15th-century because each journal is handmade in Italy using techniques passed down for centuries. The cover features an embossed lion crest with an elegant border stamped in 24-karat gold leaf foil and hand-sewn, whip-stitched edging. Inside, the lined paper is acid-free, ivory stock with gilded edges. Measures 6" x 8". The must-have accessory for every true Renaissance man...or woman.