The most-loaded part of a lower support
A statics note on props, with an inverted sketch of a pedestal-like structure
A mirror-written note reasons that the part of a lower support's thickness which is most heavily loaded is the part nearest the centre of the weight it bears — an observation on how a load distributes through a prop. Below the writing, drawn upside down relative to it, is a red-chalk study of a stepped, pedestal- or capital-like structure. A short Latin marginal instruction and possibly further untranscribed words appear at the upper left, beyond the single sentence transcribed.
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Where a support carries the most weight
The note observes that within the thickness of the lower support, the portion carrying the greatest load is the one nearest the centre of the weight resting on it. It is a compact statement about how weight concentrates in a prop.
Inverted pedestal-like structure
Below the writing, oriented upside down, a red-chalk sketch shows a stepped structure resembling a pedestal, base or capital — the drawing the cataloguer flags as 'inverted' and analogous to figures on other folios.