Circular-segment dispute with knot and chain sketches
The adversary's claim about segments on one chord, beside an interlaced knot and a linked chain
The single note continues Leonardo's geometrical dispute over circular segments, reporting the adversary's claim that similar portions standing on one and the same chord are not equal, illustrated by two circular segments drawn at the top of the sheet. Below are pen sketches of a woven, interlaced-knot cross and a chain of rectangular links from which a small cup or vessel hangs. The two drawings carry no transcribed text.
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Adversary: similar segments on one chord are unequal
Two circular segments are drawn at the head of the page. The note records the adversary's objection that similar portions standing on one and the same chord are not equal.
Chain of rectangular links with hooked vessel
A vertical chain built of rectangular modules is sketched, its links hooking one into the next. From the lowest link a small cup or vessel hangs by a hook.
Interlaced-knot cross motif
A decorative figure is drawn as a cross of woven, over-and-under strands. It sits between the straight arms of a cruciform frame.