Vellum Cover with Institut de France Stamp
Vellum Binding: Fore-edge with Leather Tie
Front Cover Bearing the Shelfmark Letter B
Binding Opened: Inside Board and Front Cover
Inside Front Cover with Library Label (Codex B)
Spine of the Binding
Binding: fore-edge with sewn headband
Binding: limp vellum spine and page fore-edge
Binding: vellum cover with leather fastening tie
Binding: page edges, endband and closing tie
LandscapeFolio 1r: opening inscription and landscape sketch
Folio 1v: blank verso of the opening leaf
BotanyPainted Fruits and Vegetables with Ornamental Letters and Plans
Figure StudiesBody Proportions, the Force of Muscles, and Notes on Fame
Weapons & FortificationIncendiary Bombs, Figure Studies and Stage-Cloth Designs
Physics & MechanicsBallistics Experiments, a Domed Church and the Physics of Sound
Weapons & FortificationFortification Plans: Ravelin, Square Tower and Siege Gallery
Machines & DevicesWeapons and Lifting Devices: Falarica, Crossbow and Hoists
Weapons & FortificationFalarica engines and a caisson for emptying a harbour
Optics & LightCurved mirrors and throwing-engine mechanisms
Weapons & FortificationThe rohmphea: a spiked plank dragged by a heavy stone
Weapons & FortificationCrossbows, catapults and the scorpion engine
Weapons & FortificationCatapult with its spring-loading device
Weapons & FortificationSlings, poison darts, the rohmphea and the bow
Weapons & FortificationAncient hurled weapons: caltrops, javelins and the sling
Weapons & FortificationWar-scythes, a Danish axe and an incendiary bomb (fragilica)
Weapons & FortificationThe scythed war-chariot, with the ronfile and rocace
GeometryVault geometry, a glass-bell casting and river-crossing floats
Machines & DevicesNaval devices: a ram-ship, a counterweight machine, hull studies
Weapons & FortificationIncendiary lances, a bombard battery and paired bastions
ArchitectureDucal garden pavilions and a square-bastion fortress
GeometryOctagon constructions and a lockable square house
GeometryDividing the circle, a geared mechanism, a lamp and a violet
GeometryConstructing a pentagon and an equilateral triangle
BotanyFlower study, a pentagon construction and soldering lead roofs
ArchitectureA washhouse and heating stove, with beam-load experiments
ArchitectureTimber roof, church interior and a double-ditch fortress plan
ArchitectureThe ideal city: overall view and two-level stairs
ArchitecturePalaces of the ideal city and its two-level streets
ArchitectureBarred-door interior, a slow-fire canister and nested spheres
GeometryFinding circle centres, an octagon, and a divided triangle
ArchitectureStudies for a central-plan domed church, with tree and timber notes
ArchitectureTwo Church Plans and a Diver's Breathing Apparatus
Weapons & FortificationFortress Defences, a Domed Church, and a Suspended Beam
ArchitectureCentral-Plan Church, a Ravelin, and an Overloaded Arch
ArchitectureWhy an Arch Holds, and a Raised Garden
Machines & DevicesPumps for Raising Water, and a Self-Feeding Fireplace
Machines & DevicesAn Alarm Water-Clock, a Mast Hoist, and Window Designs
Weapons & FortificationWall-scaling devices, a chest lock, and octagonal churches
ArchitectureDomed round church with eight chapels; furnaces for spheres
ArchitectureDomed centralized church, mechanical joints, and a casting machine
ArchitectureRoof coverings at the ridge, and a bombard-proof bastion wall
ArchitectureAn 'unbreakable' beam bridge and a hundred-mile acoustic relay
Machines & DevicesCounterweight door, a self-feeding hearth, and a fortress tower
ArchitectureDomed basilica in plan and elevation; a naval war scythe
Weapons & FortificationFortress ravelin and a breech-loading bombard
ArchitectureChurch elevation, fortress plans, and courtyard lighting
ArchitectureTwo centrally-planned churches, elevations and plans
HydraulicsRaising water up a mountain with a wheel and jet-pumps
Machines & DevicesOne-man saw for large beams; notes on motion and weights
Physics & MechanicsMachine for raising columns, and how an arch loads its columns
GeometryDividing a circle into equal parts; a crossbow and composite beams
GeometryDividing a circle into seven, and a chamber of eight mirrors
ArchitectureArmatures for festive decorations: garlanded columns and pavilions
GeometryConstructing a nonagon; a cross-lap timber joint and river-bank roads
ArchitectureLattice armatures for ornamental constructions
ArchitectureCentral-plan church plans, composite beams, and an assault bridge
Weapons & FortificationGreek fire: incendiary balls and fire-projectiles
Weapons & FortificationBombards: the cortaldo and the Fulgorea
Weapons & FortificationIncendiary and scatter projectiles for siege and sea
Weapons & FortificationA contest of bombards and the Architronito
Weapons & FortificationFerry-boat for fording and a steel blowgun
Weapons & FortificationThe Architronito: Archimedes' steam cannon
Machines & DevicesBox-wheel engine, non-recoiling bombard, and a mantlet
Machines & DevicesBox-wheel and clockwork studies, with a stone-thrower
ArchitectureFour octagonal building plans
Painting & PerspectivePainters' staging, whitewash brushes, and a drawbridge
ArchitectureGround plan of a basilica, with choir
ArchitectureIdeal-city palace, a lifting crank, and a laden cart
Weapons & FortificationThe moat and defences of the Castle of Milan
ArchitectureIdeal-city streets on many levels, and two incendiary bombs
HydraulicsCanals and locks beneath the city's palaces
HydraulicsCanals for the city drawn from the Ticino
Machines & DevicesMachinery for a clean horse-stable
ArchitectureDesign of a Clean Stable in Three Aisles
Weapons & FortificationNaval Guns, a Central-Plan Church and a Fire-Ship
GeometryLatin Arms-Names and Dividing a Circle
Weapons & FortificationIron-Mine Bellows and Galley Firearms
Weapons & FortificationIllustrated Glossary of Antique Swords
Weapons & FortificationIllustrated Glossary of Antique Weapons (cont.)
Weapons & FortificationAncient daggers and blades: pugio, secespita, aclides
Weapons & FortificationAncient shafted arms: telum, baculum, lancea
Weapons & FortificationThe Roman pilum and kindred shafted missiles
Weapons & FortificationPikes, axes and clubs: sarissa, clava, cathegia
Weapons & FortificationThe dolabra, the bipennis and earth-working tools
Weapons & FortificationThrown weapons: the cruce, caltrops and reed darts
Weapons & FortificationAntiquarian arms: flail, dart, grappling hooks and spontoon
Weapons & FortificationAncient shafted weapons and incendiary fire-darts (maleoli)
Weapons & FortificationAxe, rebounding crossbow bolts and national bow types
Weapons & FortificationMounted arquebusiers, spring crossbows and cavalry battle order
ArchitectureThe quintuple staircase for a tower's defence
Machines & DevicesAugers for boring beams and spiral stairs around a tower
Weapons & FortificationFortified gate, moat and treachery-proof tower
Weapons & FortificationStaggered arched walls, tower defences and roped cortaldi guns
Machines & DevicesLifting crane and boat-mounted cortaldi with a fire scythe
Machines & DevicesMud sledge, ditch-emptying crane and rivellino plan
Weapons & FortificationRope-ladder wall assault, rough-terrain sledge and auger
Weapons & FortificationFire ball, incendiary dart, viola organista and clock springs
Weapons & FortificationBattering rams, wall-machines, and a load-cart on rollers
HydraulicsRiver spur, weir facing, a stone auger, and fast earthworks
ArchitecturePreaching theater, basilica plans, and a Latin-cross church
Machines & DevicesDividers, an Archimedean screw and pump, a moated fortress, and a winch
ArchitectureChimney sections and a revolving, ventilated latrine
HydraulicsWater-raising pumps and a water-pressure gauge
HydraulicsPendulum pumps for raising water, and a scatter-shot bombard
Machines & DevicesPaternoster chain-pump, a festival dome frame, and a foot water-jet
ArchitectureTwo church plans, a quadrangular fortress, and wall defences
GeometryMeasuring heights and distances with a ground square; fire trebuchet
GeometryMeasuring a river's width; barrels rolled down a slope in defence
ArchitectureCentralised temple: plan and dome, with a twelve-faced variant
ArchitecturePlans of the Santo Sepolcro, Milan: church and crypt
Weapons & FortificationMachicolations, a ravelin, a fortress plan and compasses
ArchitectureChimneys of Pavia castle, towers and a Witelo note
ArchitectureUpper part of a tower and the 'secret of the compass'
Weapons & FortificationWar machines: charging armoured horses and cluster bombs
Weapons & FortificationScaling a fortress by night: climbing irons and stakes
Weapons & FortificationFortress tower, mountain ditch, and counterweighted drawbridges
HydraulicsFording a river with skin-floats and files of horses
Physics & MechanicsOn weights, a German lance-barrier, and diverting rivers to ford them
Horses & AnimalsCamels and horses fording rivers on inflated skin-floats
Physics & MechanicsFoot soldiers crossing a river chained arm-in-arm
Machines & DevicesWicker boats and skin-float pontoons for crossing rivers
Physics & MechanicsOn the Nature of Force; Weight of a Beam Between Two Walls
Weapons & FortificationSmoke to Suffocate Castle Defenders
HydraulicsReleasing a Flood of Water on an Army and City Walls
Machines & DevicesSurveying Levels, Wall-Piling and an Arched Gallery Mouth
Machines & DevicesA Water Level by Sighting and Two Earth Augers
Machines & DevicesInstruments for Measuring a Difference in Level
Civil EngineeringPile foundations and a wall to resist river banks
Machines & DevicesDemolition tools, a double saw and a leveling sight
Civil EngineeringTools for excavating and founding buildings
ArchitecturePortico, corner loggia and the centering of a vault
ArchitectureFacade windows, an ornate portal and a lever
ArchitectureDouble staircase for a castle
Weapons & FortificationFortress sections and a double spiral staircase
Weapons & FortificationDriving piles and hurling poison powder at enemy galleys
Civil EngineeringPile drivers and building a bastion by night
Machines & DevicesScrew-cutting machine, bells and a jetting fountain vase
Machines & DevicesScrew hoist for raising a bell into its tower
Machines & DevicesScrew-jacks and a worm-driven rack for lifting
Machines & DevicesComponents of a geared lever; moulds for gun-shot; calculations
Machines & DevicesWorm-and-wheel gear turning a fork; a ditch-digging note
Machines & DevicesVariant worm-and-fork gear, with cast-iron screw and gear ratios
FlightFlying machine for a prone man, with a valved wing
FlightPerforated wing and its construction in three zones
FlightFoot-powered flying machine, to be tested over a lake
FlightOrnithopter wing worked by cords, with neck-mounted rudder
Weapons & FortificationFireproof bastion, ship-capsizing mast, and a leaning-beam problem
Weapons & FortificationScorpion-launching naval bombards and a flying-machine drive
FlightFlying-machine drive, covered paddle-boat, and a geared cart
Machines & DevicesScrew-lift for the flying machine and force-multiplying carts
FlightPilot in the flying-machine frame and armed reeds for the wings
Weapons & FortificationSiege mining: scoppietti poles, a deceiving tunnel, and bastions
Machines & DevicesHoisting tackles, coupled bombards, and a festival pavilion
FlightThe prone-pilot flying machine and its driving gear
FlightFlying-machine controls and river-barrier devices
FlightThe great flying machine with the upright pilot
Weapons & FortificationIncendiary weapons: the 'stoclades' ball and the 'buffonico'
Machines & DevicesFurnace, riverbank palisade, and a water-and-air bellows
Machines & DevicesWebbed swimming glove and a leather survival suit
Machines & DevicesLeatherless water-driven bellows, in four parts
Weapons & FortificationCircumfulgore ring of bombards on a ship, and the vinea
Machines & DevicesPaddle boat and a ring of short guns on a lance
FlightThe aerial screw, and an armored cart drawn by horses
Physics & MechanicsMan on a Lever Rig Producing 1,250 Pounds of Force
FlightTesting the Lifting Force of a Great Flapping Wing
FlightCurved Sprung Legs for the Flying Machine
FlightBat and Eagle: Wing-Span, Weight and the Strength of Reeds
Machines & DevicesPropulsive Mechanism of the Flying Machine
Personal NotesMemoranda: Master Ludovico, Water Conduits and Wing-Load Sums
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Blank guard leaf with faint stamp and edge marks
Blank guard leaf with flourish and numeral