Crowded Sheet of Studies: Vaults, Ships, Circles and Star Figures
Miscellaneous small sketches, with a large radiating circle and geometric star patterns; catalogued as Acqua(?)
A densely packed sheet of unrelated small sketches. At upper left are little domed and vaulted structures; the centre is dominated by a large circle crossed by radiating spokes with small rectangles set along an upper arc; sailing ships and rippling waves fill the lower left; and the right side carries several star-polygon figures inscribed within squares. The bundle supplies no transcription, only the tentative catalogue heading Acqua(?) ("Water?"), and faint jottings on the sheet are left untranscribed.
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Star polygons inscribed in squares
Along the right edge are several geometric figures in which interlaced star polygons and radiating chords are inscribed inside squares, their vertices marked with dots. A large circle at the centre is filled with straight lines radiating from a point, with small rectangles ranged along an arc above it.
Small domes and vaulted structures
At the upper left corner are sketches of rounded domes and arched vaults resting on piers, drawn small in outline. They read as quick architectural notes of roofing forms rather than a single worked-out building.
Sailing ships on rippling water
The lower left carries several sailing ships with rigging, set above a band of curling wave lines suggesting water in motion. Together with the tentative catalogue heading Acqua(?), these sketches bring water and vessels onto the sheet.