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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, 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.
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