Library/Ashburnham I (ex-Ms A)

Ashburnham I (ex-Ms A)

Ashburnham I

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Front cover of the bound manuscript
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Back cover of the bound manuscript
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Spine of the bound manuscript
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Edge view of the closed manuscript (head)
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Fore-edge of the closed manuscript
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Edge view with leather spine cap (tail)
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Inside front cover: marbled paste-down with library labels
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Marbled endpaper
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Blank flyleaf
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Blank flyleaf
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Blank flyleaf
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Title flyleaf: Notes & Dessins de Leonard de Vinci II
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Guard leaf: 1891 library transfer note
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GeometryOpening leaf: mirror-script with a circle-and-center figure
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Physics & MechanicsMotion studies: trajectory arcs and a sprung device
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Optics & LightCone rising from a circle to a single point
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Optics & LightCrossing cones of vision with balance and angle figures
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GeometryLine, plumb and triangle figures with directional arrows
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Physics & MechanicsSuspended Geometric Figures for Centres of Gravity
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Painting & PerspectivePainting-Treatise Page with Two Marginal Sketches
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ArchitecturePerspective Study of an Interior with an Oculus
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Painting & PerspectiveLinear Perspective and the Diminution of Forms
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Painting & PerspectiveFaint Perspective Constructions and Offset Impressions
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Painting & PerspectivePerspective Projection of a Square and Circle with a Star Figure
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Optics & LightRays radiating from a circle; study of light or vision
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Painting & PerspectivePerspective study: a square and circle projected to a point
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Physics & MechanicsStudies of balances, levers and weights
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Physics & MechanicsWeight on a balance arm swung through a graduated arc
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Physics & MechanicsHinged arm across a graduated arc, with a small figure
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Optics & LightProjection of spheres to a plane; optics of light and shadow
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Optics & LightCast Shadow of Spheres and Rays in a Light Chamber
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Optics & LightDensely Written Page with Marginal Sketches
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Optics & LightCast Shadows of Two Spheres beneath a Luminous Arc
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Optics & LightGeometry of Shadow: Three Spheres under a Luminous Semicircle
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Optics & LightLight and Shadow around a Central Body between Two Spheres
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Optics & LightShadow within a Cylinder beneath a Luminous Arc
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Optics & LightLight Rays from a Sphere Converging to a Point
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Optics & LightShadows Cast by Three Spheres onto a Plane
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Optics & LightCone of Shadow Cast by an Illuminated Sphere
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Optics & LightA Sphere Lit by a Broad Source, Casting a Shadow Pyramid
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Optics & LightText Page on Light, Shade, and Painting
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Optics & LightCrossing Light Rays and Paired Shadow Triangles
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Optics & LightLight Rays Crossing to Form a Shaded Region
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GeometryGeometric Diagrams of Proportion
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Optics & LightA Luminous Disc Illuminating a Suspended Sphere
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Optics & LightLight Cones, Cast Shadows, and the Eye
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Painting & PerspectiveText on Light and Shade with a Small Inset Figure
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise Page with Short Section Headings
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Painting & PerspectiveMirror-script prose page with chapter headings (Ms A)
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Painting & PerspectiveClosely written prose page with headings (Ms A)
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Painting & PerspectiveFull page of mirror-script prose (Ms A)
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Painting & PerspectiveTwo overlapping leaves of prose with headings (Ms A)
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Painting & PerspectiveProse page with several chapter headings (Ms A)
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Painting & PerspectiveProse page in Leonardo's mirror script (Ms A)
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Optics & LightText leaf in mirror-script (untranscribed)
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Optics & LightShadow-projection diagrams with mirror-script notes
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Optics & LightText leaf in mirror-script (untranscribed)
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Optics & LightText leaf in mirror-script (untranscribed)
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Optics & LightEye, visual rays and a two-lamp shadow study
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Optics & LightText leaf in mirror-script (untranscribed)
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page beside the book's bound fore-edge
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page with the Institut de France stamp
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page with tiny marginal hill sketches
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page of three titled sections
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page with marginal peak sketches
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page of four titled sections
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Painting & PerspectiveNotebook A page: untranscribed treatise text
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Painting & PerspectiveNotebook A: two leaves of mirror-script treatise text
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Painting & PerspectiveNotebook A page: chapters of mirror-script prose
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Painting & PerspectiveNotebook A page: treatise text with a short word-list
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Painting & PerspectiveNotebook A page: treatise text with a ray diagram
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Painting & PerspectiveNotebook A page: chapters of mirror-script prose
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Painting & PerspectiveFull page of treatise prose in mirror-script
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Painting & PerspectiveText leaf with paragraph headings in mirror-script
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Painting & PerspectiveText leaf with a dense marginal note
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page with small marginal figures
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Painting & PerspectiveTreatise page with ray, curve, and triangle diagrams
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Painting & PerspectiveText leaf with sectioned prose in mirror-script
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Painting & PerspectiveFull page of Leonardo's mirror-script prose
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GeometryIsometric triangle grid with stepped solid and knots
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GeometryRosette of overlapping circles with interlace friezes
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Blank guard leaf with library stamp
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Blank guard leaf
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Blank guard leaf
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Marbled paper pastedown (inside cover)
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Marbled paper pastedown (inside cover)