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LEONARDO DA VINCI - Ms. D

Place: Institut de France, Paris

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Facsimile (Giunti, Florence 1989); ca. 1508; 22.5x16 cm

This manuscript is made up of only 10 leaves. It contains a series of sketches and notes concerning the eye, perspective and the theory of vision. Leonardo proposes the construction of a glass model of the eye. He also illustrates the construction of a camera obscura, and carries out a series of penetrating optical experiments.

fol. 10v: Notes and sketches on the eye and on visual perception.

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