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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by da Vinci Leonardo

9 by da Vinci Leonardo, Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937

Chapter 23: 3. A study in red chalk for the bust of the Infant Christ--No. 3 in

Chapters

Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Chapter 2 2. _addi 22 di marzo 1508_. The Christian era was computed in
Chapter 3 3. _racolto tratto di molte carte le quali io ho qui copiate_. We
Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 5 INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 6 INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 7 INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 8 INTRODUCTION TO PERSPECTIVE:--THAT IS OF THE FUNCTION OF THE EYE.
Chapter 9 INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 10 4. This diagram below should end at _a n_ 4 8. [4]That portion of
Chapter 11 307. OF PAINTING.
Chapter 12 1480. On the same leaf there is a drawing in red chalk of two
Chapter 13 Part I of the _Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano_, by Prof. G.
Chapter 14 3. The first five lines of the text are written below the diagram
Chapter 15 1. 2. C. A. 157a; 463a has the similar heading: '_del cressciere
Chapter 16 3. The MS. Leic. being written about the year 1510 or later, it does
Chapter 17 6. _fregalo bene con un panno_. He reads _pane_ for _panno_ and
Chapter 18 7. _colla stecca po laua_. He reads "_polacca_" = "_avec le couteau
Chapter 19 1506. (See Milanesi's note to Vasari pp. 43--45 Vol. IV ed. 1880.)
Chapter 20 1. _Incominciai_. We have no other information as to the two
Chapter 21 1. A drawing in silver point on brown toned paper of a woman's head
Chapter 22 2. A study of drapery for the left leg of the same figure, done with
Chapter 23 3. A study in red chalk for the bust of the Infant Christ--No. 3 in
Chapter 24 4. A silver-point study on greenish paper, for the head of John the
Chapter 25 361. G. Govi remarks on these ornaments (_Saggio_ p. 22): "_Codesti
Chapter 26 1881. But the coincidence is probably accidental.]
Chapter 27 1492. Leonardo's opinions as to the shortcomings of plastic works
Chapter 28 12. The meaning of _orreve_ is unknown.]
Chapter 29 1. That which gets wet increases in proportion to the moisture it
Chapter 30 2. And a wet object shrinks, while drying, in proportion to the
Chapter 31 introduction to Astronomy (see Nos._ 867 _and_ 877_). Some of the
Chapter 32 897. _He does not go into any theory of the motions of the planets;
Chapter 33 1600. _As LIBRI pointed out_ (Histoire des Sciences mathematiques
Chapter 34 INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 35 Book 15 of matters worn away by water.
Chapter 36 Book 9, of accidental risings of water.
Chapter 37 Book 9 of the meeting of rivers and their flow and ebb. The cause is
Chapter 38 Book 9, of the meeting of rivers and of their ebb and flow. The
Chapter 39 1339. All the foregoing chapters are from Manuscripts of about 1510.
Chapter 40 1. _Diodario._ This word is not to be found in any Italian
Chapter 41 7. _Citta de Calindra (Chalindra)_. The position of this city is so
Chapter 42 8. _I_ corni del gra mote Tauro. Compare the sketches PI.
Chapter 43 7. _vicini ai nostri confini_. Dr. M. JORDAN has already published
Chapter 44 BOOK 43. OF THE MOVEMENT OF AIR ENCLOSED IN WATER.
Chapter 45 1536. A. Percy neither does mention any eruptions of Etna during the
Chapter 46 1473. [Footnote: *W. An. I. 1368. 1369. This date is on a drawing of
Chapter 47 11. 13. [Footnote: _Brera_, now _Palazzo delle Scienze ed Arti.
Chapter 48 12. [Footnote: _Sco Lorenzo_. A church at Milan, see pp. 39,
Chapter 49 2. 3. _Francesco de' Melzi_ is often mentioned, see
Chapter 50 4. _Lorenzo_. See No. 1351, l. 10 (p. 408). Amoretti
Chapter 51 1466. This seems to be an account for two assistants.
Chapter 52 1467. 5. See No. 1465, 2.
Chapter 53 1476. BRUNET, _Manuel du libraire_ (IV, p. 97)
Chapter 54 1476. Where Leonardo found the statement that
Chapter 55 10. Compare No. 1475.]
Chapter 56 1. 8II in all
Chapter 57 450. Of these I gave 2 the same day to

Chapter 23: 3. A study in red chalk for the bust of the Infant Christ--No. 3 in

the Windsor collection (Pl. XLIV). The well-known silver-point drawing on pale green paper, in the Louvre, of a boy's head (No. 363 in REISET, _Notice des dessins, Ecoles d'Italie_) seems to me to be a slightly altered copy, either from the original picture or from this red chalk study.

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