Map of Tuscany: the lower Arno valley (Valdarno inferiore)
A colored survey of the Arno from Pisa toward Florence, with a note on mill-water law
This is the colored map of the lower Arno valley (Valdarno inferiore): a wash drawing tracing the winding Arno from Pisa across the plain toward Florence, with the Monte Pisano massif rendered in yellow and the lake of Bientina in blue. Dense mirror-script labels name towns on both folios, among them Pisa, Lucca, Montecarlo, Altopascio, Prato, Pistoia and Empoli. At the head of the right-hand folio a note proposes a law allowing a mill-builder to lead his water across any land on payment of double its value.
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Towns of the lower Valdarno named (fol. 22v)
The left folio labels a long chain of places from San Gennaro, Villa Basilica, Lucca, Montecarlo and Altopascio down through Calci, Monte Verruca, Vicopisano, Caprona and Bientina to Cascina, Pontedera, Pisa and the river's mouth (Foce).
Towns of the Florentine plain named (fol. 23r)
The right folio names places of the middle Arno and Florentine plain, including Prato, Campi, Firenze, Pistoia, Carmignano, Artimino, Montelupo, Signa, Vinci, Fucecchio and Empoli.
A proposed law on mill-water
A note sets out that whoever wishes to build mills may lead his water across any land, paying double its value — a rule tying water-power to land rights.
The Monte Pisano and the lake of Bientina
The yellow massif at the centre carries the named heights of Calci, Verruca and Caprona, while the blue expanse to its east is the named lake of Bientina; the Arno winds in blue between them toward Pisa.