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RLW 12665. - "Waves of the sea at Piombino, all of foaming water. On backwaves; on the winds of Piombino at Piombino", c. 1514.

RLW 12665. - "Waves of the sea at Piombino, all of foaming water. On backwaves; on the winds of Piombino at Piombino", c. 1514.

Alessandro Vezzosi

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Ms. G, 84v. - "Remember the welds used to weld the ball on Santa Maria del Fiore. Of copper moulded in stone like the triangular sections of which that ball was made that made", c. 1515.

Ms. I, 75r. - "Little mill of Florence", c. 1495.

Ms. L . - Recollection of "Pagolo Vannoccio [Biringuccio] in Siena". [1r] Memorandum with San Marco in Florence and measurements on the Arno: "From the Arno wall of Giustizia to the Arno bank of Sardigna, where there are mulberry trees at the mill is 7400 braccia, that is, 2 miles and 1400 braccia. The other side of the Arno is 5500 braccia", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 1v-2r. - [1v] Memorandum with "Book of Giovanni Benci" and "Reeds at the Casacce". [2r] Memorandum with Vitellozzo Vitelli and the book of Archimedes, "from the Borgo at San Sepolc[r]o", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 7r-6v . - Study of a wave "made at the sea of Piombino", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 31r-30v (inverted). - Project for governing the waters of Arno: "To remedy the percussion of the Arno at Rusciano and turn it in a gentle bend at Ricorboli and make such a wide riverbank that the fall of its steep bank is above the latter ", along with a reference to the Marzocco (the lion symbol of Florence) and to the feast day of St. John the Baptist, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 33v-34r. - Memorandum: "Campaign of Siena, that is, the mode in which it moved and site of its battle", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 77r-76v (inverted). - Coastline of "Populonia" and "Santo Leonardo" with memorandum on the "grapes brought to Cesena", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 81r. - Marshlands of Piombino, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 82r-81v (inverted). - Promontory of Populonia at Piombino and birch trees, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 83r. - The Rocchetta of Piombino, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 84r. - Marshlands of Piombino, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 94v. - Itinerary: "From Bonconvento Casa Nova 10 miles. From Casa Nova to Chiusi 9 miles. From Chiusi to Perugia 12 miles. From Perugia to Santa Maria degli Angeli and then to Fuligno", c. 1502.

Ms. F. - "The Dante of Nicolò de la Croce" (a member of the Duke of Milan's court ?), c. 1508.

RLW 12279. - Preparatory study for deviating the Arno through Prato, Pistola and Serravalle with a canal from Florence to Vicopisano, c. 1503. Based on Baratta's transcription, 18 place names are found: "Calenzano, Canpi, Montiliveto, Settimo, Signa, Malmantile, Poggio, Tizana, Ciecina, Montecatini, Montelupo, Fuciechio, Pesscia, Monsomano, Basilica, Santa Croce, Arno, and Castel[fran]co". Among the observations to be made, the totally erroneous position of Monsummano in the vicinity of Pescia and Villa Basilica is curious.

RLW 12665. - "Waves of the sea at Piombino, all of foaming water. On backwaves; on the winds of Piombino at Piombino", c. 1514.

RLW 12675. - Studies for the lake of San Lorenzo in Arniano (on the recto), and for the "lantern of Vinci" and memorandum concerning Benozzo [Gozzoli], [Tedaldo] Lattanzio, and Pandolfini (on the verso), c. 1503.

RLW 12676. - Studies for the lake of San Lorenzo in Arniano with annotations: "Lecceto pays 16 staiora of grain / Minerbetti [twice] / Commune [twice] / Giovanni Fabre / Lazzero del Volpe / Ser Piero. Each dotted line represents 10 bracci", c. 1504.

RLW 12677. - Studies on the course of the Arno downstream of Florence, between "Sardigna" and Peretola, c. 1503.

RLW 12678. - Studies on the course of the Arno downstream of Florence, between "Sardigna" and Peretola, c. 1503. Transcription: "1000 / Sardigna / Porta al Prato / f. Mugnone / Ponte alle Mosse / f. Rifredi / N / M / House of Ser Amanzo / Peretola / S. Island 1600 bracci long and 700 wide, and the water that separates it from Legnaia is 2300 bracci long. Here the width of the sandbank with the 2 widths of the Arno's branches is 1300 bracci. The island M staiora 825, which at 10 florins per staio equals 8250 florins, and the same can be said of island N. From S to the Pesscaia d'Ogni Santi 5000 bracci, that is, a mile and 2/3. If 3 small channels were made, extending from S to the lower bend of the Arno, the river would run so fast that it would abandon ...".

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Ms. G, 84v. - "Remember the welds used to weld the ball on Santa Maria del Fiore. Of copper moulded in stone like the triangular sections of which that ball was made that made", c. 1515.

Ms. I, 75r. - "Little mill of Florence", c. 1495.

Ms. L . - Recollection of "Pagolo Vannoccio [Biringuccio] in Siena". [1r] Memorandum with San Marco in Florence and measurements on the Arno: "From the Arno wall of Giustizia to the Arno bank of Sardigna, where there are mulberry trees at the mill is 7400 braccia, that is, 2 miles and 1400 braccia. The other side of the Arno is 5500 braccia", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 1v-2r. - [1v] Memorandum with "Book of Giovanni Benci" and "Reeds at the Casacce". [2r] Memorandum with Vitellozzo Vitelli and the book of Archimedes, "from the Borgo at San Sepolc[r]o", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 7r-6v . - Study of a wave "made at the sea of Piombino", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 31r-30v (inverted). - Project for governing the waters of Arno: "To remedy the percussion of the Arno at Rusciano and turn it in a gentle bend at Ricorboli and make such a wide riverbank that the fall of its steep bank is above the latter ", along with a reference to the Marzocco (the lion symbol of Florence) and to the feast day of St. John the Baptist, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 33v-34r. - Memorandum: "Campaign of Siena, that is, the mode in which it moved and site of its battle", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 77r-76v (inverted). - Coastline of "Populonia" and "Santo Leonardo" with memorandum on the "grapes brought to Cesena", c. 1502.

Ms. L, 81r. - Marshlands of Piombino, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 82r-81v (inverted). - Promontory of Populonia at Piombino and birch trees, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 83r. - The Rocchetta of Piombino, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 84r. - Marshlands of Piombino, c. 1502.

Ms. L, 94v. - Itinerary: "From Bonconvento Casa Nova 10 miles. From Casa Nova to Chiusi 9 miles. From Chiusi to Perugia 12 miles. From Perugia to Santa Maria degli Angeli and then to Fuligno", c. 1502.

Ms. F. - "The Dante of Nicolò de la Croce" (a member of the Duke of Milan's court ?), c. 1508.

RLW 12279. - Preparatory study for deviating the Arno through Prato, Pistola and Serravalle with a canal from Florence to Vicopisano, c. 1503. Based on Baratta's transcription, 18 place names are found: "Calenzano, Canpi, Montiliveto, Settimo, Signa, Malmantile, Poggio, Tizana, Ciecina, Montecatini, Montelupo, Fuciechio, Pesscia, Monsomano, Basilica, Santa Croce, Arno, and Castel[fran]co". Among the observations to be made, the totally erroneous position of Monsummano in the vicinity of Pescia and Villa Basilica is curious.

RLW 12665. - "Waves of the sea at Piombino, all of foaming water. On backwaves; on the winds of Piombino at Piombino", c. 1514.

RLW 12675. - Studies for the lake of San Lorenzo in Arniano (on the recto), and for the "lantern of Vinci" and memorandum concerning Benozzo [Gozzoli], [Tedaldo] Lattanzio, and Pandolfini (on the verso), c. 1503.

RLW 12676. - Studies for the lake of San Lorenzo in Arniano with annotations: "Lecceto pays 16 staiora of grain / Minerbetti [twice] / Commune [twice] / Giovanni Fabre / Lazzero del Volpe / Ser Piero. Each dotted line represents 10 bracci", c. 1504.

RLW 12677. - Studies on the course of the Arno downstream of Florence, between "Sardigna" and Peretola, c. 1503.

RLW 12678. - Studies on the course of the Arno downstream of Florence, between "Sardigna" and Peretola, c. 1503. Transcription: "1000 / Sardigna / Porta al Prato / f. Mugnone / Ponte alle Mosse / f. Rifredi / N / M / House of Ser Amanzo / Peretola / S. Island 1600 bracci long and 700 wide, and the water that separates it from Legnaia is 2300 bracci long. Here the width of the sandbank with the 2 widths of the Arno's branches is 1300 bracci. The island M staiora 825, which at 10 florins per staio equals 8250 florins, and the same can be said of island N. From S to the Pesscaia d'Ogni Santi 5000 bracci, that is, a mile and 2/3. If 3 small channels were made, extending from S to the lower bend of the Arno, the river would run so fast that it would abandon ...".