Memorandum of faces to draw; a column of figures
Red-chalk note of models — Christ, Giovan Conte, Giovannina — with a calculation below
In red chalk Leonardo jots a memorandum of faces or models: 'Christ'; Giovan Conte, the man of the Cardinal of Mortaro; and Giovannina, of striking appearance, found at Santa Caterina hospital. Below, written upside down, stands a column of figures worked as a calculation. The red chalk is faint and offset show-through from adjacent leaves is visible across the page.
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Memorandum of faces or models to use
A note listing possible models, each fixed by name and circumstance: Christ; Giovan Conte, the one belonging to the Cardinal of Mortaro; and Giovannina, of striking appearance, who is to be found at Santa Caterina, at the hospital. Such jottings record real people whose faces Leonardo meant to draw upon.
Column of figures, written upside down
Beneath the red-chalk note stands a stacked column of numbers set out as a calculation, a multiplication or division. The figures run 77, 288, 4400, 255, then 41580 against 221, and 18555 and 185.