Gun-mount mechanisms, a bombard on a stand, and a dragon
A recto given over to drawings, with almost no accompanying text.
The recto of the two mounted fragments is filled almost entirely with drawings rather than writing. The upper fragment carries several small mechanical assemblies — bracket-like gun mounts or hoisting frames and a wheeled carriage — tied together by a fan of finely ruled straight lines, while the lower fragment shows a stout cylinder raised upright on a turned pedestal with splayed feet, beside a lightly drawn dragon among foliage. The e-Leo transcription records the sheet as essentially without text apart from one broken phrase; faint further annotations visible on the sheet remain untranscribed.
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A mortar-like bombard raised on a pedestal stand
The lower fragment is dominated by a short, stout cylinder mounted upright on a turned, tapering pedestal that spreads into splayed feet. The arrangement recalls the vertically mounted bombards studied elsewhere on this same sheet.
Mechanical mounts joined by radiating ruled lines
The upper fragment shows several small bracket mechanisms and a wheeled carriage linked by a fan of finely ruled straight lines. The lines appear to lay out sightlines or a measured construction running between the devices.
A small dragon among foliage
At the upper right of the lower fragment is a lightly drawn serpentine, dragon-like creature set among sprays of foliage. A short line of untranscribed writing runs beneath it.