Removing the horse-mould cover and carrying it away
Large drum-shaped cappa cradled in a broad triangular timber carrier
The drawing shows a large circular drum-like mould-cover (cappa) cradled within a broad triangular timber frame fitted with braces and a projecting lever arm. The note explains that this is the method for first lifting the cappa off the horse and carrying it from place to place. Further faint writing appears at the upper right of the sheet, not part of this transcription.
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Lifting the cappa off the horse
The note describes the method of first removing the mould-cover (cappa) from the horse and then carrying it from one place to another, the essential first step in handling the mould of the Sforza monument.
Triangular timber carrier for the mould
The round cappa sits cradled inside a broad braced triangular frame fitted with a projecting lever arm, the carrying device by which the heavy mould is moved.