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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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Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of the way in which objects are seen by the eye