Mechanical and throwing-engine studies (no text)
A crank-and-spring device with catapult and mortar sketches; catalogued as devoid of writing
The leaf carries drawings but the transcription records no words, calling it 'devoid of writings.' A mechanism with a crank and coiled spring occupies the centre, architectural structures are sketched across the top, curved hull- or mould-like forms with internal grids sit at the lower right, and geometric figures with a triangle appear at the left, some in red chalk. The Ambrosiana catalogue tags the sheet with catapults and mortars and with a note on conditions for greater or lesser luminosity. Faint lines of writing seem to lie behind the central mechanism, but none was transcribed.
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Mechanism with a crank and coiled spring
A built device with a crank handle and a tightly coiled spring is drawn at the centre of the sheet, surrounded by lighter structural sketches.
Throwing-engine studies (catapults and mortars)
Engines sketched across the upper and central sheet read as throwing machines, matching the catalogue's tags for catapults and mortars.
