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Facsimile (Giunti, Florence 1992); ca. 1493-96; 9x6 cm
This manuscript, made up of 94 leaves, has the appearance of a notebook for pencil sketches and occasional notes. There is a remarkable variety of themes: fables and parables, technical recipes, studies for the Sforza monument, town-plans, etc. Leonardo uses a red pencil very frequently in this codex.
fols. 35v-36r: Study of mechanics (left) and of perspective (right).
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Leonardo da Vinci
Weights suspended from beams with various inclinations