Sheet of interlace knots, two heads and geometric studies
Woven ornament with a profile head and a bearded man's head; catalogue block marked 'without writing'
Although the catalogue block for this leaf is labelled 'without writing', the sheet is in fact densely worked. Interlace knots and panels of woven lattice or basketwork ornament are scattered across the whole page, and two studied heads appear near the centre — a fine profile and, below it, a balding, bearded man seen from the front. Smaller geometric constructions fill the margins, and further untranscribed handwriting is present at right; none of it is transcribed in the bundle.
On this page
Interlace knots and woven lattice patterns
Several tight interlace knots and rectangular panels of woven, diagonally crossed lattice or basketwork ornament are drawn across the sheet, from the framed panel at top to the mesh patterns down the right side. They are pen studies of decorative interlace.
Two studied heads
A delicate head in profile is drawn near the centre, and directly below it a balding, bearded man is shown frontally with strongly marked brows and beard. Both are outward figure studies of the face.
Small geometric constructions in the margins
Along the left column and lower part of the sheet are small geometric figures — circles, triangles set in squares and related line constructions — consistent with the catalogue's geometry tag for this leaf.