Notes on greater and lesser proportion
Red-chalk captions on proportion, with an indeterminate pen sketch
Two short red-chalk captions in mirror-writing set 'greater in proportion' against 'smaller in proportion', part of this notebook's running study of proportion. At the lower right a pen sketch shows an upright object of undetermined function rising from a splayed base. The bundle records the pen drawing only as an 'indeterminate figure', and its subject cannot be securely identified.
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Greater and lesser in proportion
A red-chalk note pairs the phrases 'greater in proportion' and 'smaller in proportion'. It belongs to the notebook's continuing reflections on how magnitudes relate to one another.
Indeterminate upright device
A small pen drawing at the lower right depicts an upright object rising from a broad base, with a vertical spindle topped by a short cross-mark. Its function is not identified and the bundle labels it an 'indeterminate figure'.