Section of a watercourse; a note of a weaver
Flowing water over a deepening bed, with a personal memorandum
A sketch shows a watercourse in section, labelled with the running water above and a successively deeper bed ('bottom', 'deep bottom'). A separate note records a 'weaver from Santa Maria Segreta' beside a small sketch the editors leave undetermined. A four-legged frame is drawn faintly at lower right.
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Section of a watercourse with a deepening bed
The drawing gives a watercourse in section: the running water flows along the top, over a bed marked as 'bottom' and, lower still, 'deep bottom.' The labels distinguish the levels of the channel floor beneath the current.
Note: a weaver from Santa Maria Segreta
Against an undetermined sketch Leonardo notes a 'weaver from Santa Maria Segreta,' a memorandum of a person or contact. The editors classify the accompanying figure as indeterminate.