Facsimile (Giunti, Florence 1989); ca. 1510-11 and 1515; 14x10 cm
This manuscript originally contained 96 leaves, three of which are now missing. It documents Leonardo's activities towards the end of his final Milanese period, and in Rome in 1515. The first part contains notes and drawings of vegetable morphology. The second part is dense in studies of mechanics and geometry.
fols. 83v-84r: Device for polishing mirrors (left); screw-press (right).
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