Latin conjugation of 'amo' and a note on a lockable joint
A grammar drill on the verb amare beside a red-chalk 'incastro' to be fastened with a key at Vigevano
The main body of the leaf is a Latin conjugation exercise on the verb amare ('to love'), written out across several ruled rows that run through the active and passive forms in successive tenses and moods. Above it, in red chalk, a small sketch of a fitting accompanies a note about an 'incastro' — an interlocking joint — that is to be closed with a key at Vigevano. An old page number, the oval stamp of the Bibliotheque de l'Institut, and further faded red-chalk annotation also appear at the head of the page.
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Conjugation of the Latin verb amare
The ruled rows set out the verb 'to love' through its persons and tenses: the active present (amo, amas, amat; amamus, amatis, amant) followed by the passive present, imperfect and future and the subjunctive forms. It is a schoolroom paradigm of the sort used to memorise Latin endings.
Lockable interlocking joint ('incastro') at Vigevano
A red-chalk caption records that an 'incastro' — an interlocking joint or coupling — is to be fastened shut with a key, at the place named Vigevano. A small red-chalk sketch of the fitting sits just above the caption.