Decorative knotwork with a confluence of watercourses
Red-chalk interlace ornaments above a sketched meeting of streams
In red chalk the sheet bears decorative designs, chiefly clusters of tightly woven interlace knots, with, toward the lower part of the page, a sketch of the confluence of watercourses. No transcribed text accompanies the drawings beyond the cataloguer's description.
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Interlace knot ornaments
Two clusters of tightly woven interlace knots are drawn in red chalk, one near the top of the sheet and a smaller looping motif in the middle, built of intertwined bands. They are decorative ornament studies of the kind Leonardo devised for knots and friezes.
Confluence of watercourses
Toward the foot of the sheet faint red-chalk lines sketch the meeting of watercourses, as noted in the catalogue description. Long curved strokes suggest converging currents joining below.