Quarter Circle with an Inscribed 32-Sided Polygon
A pencil geometry study; the catalogue notes it as part of the preceding figure
In faint pencil Leonardo draws a quarter of a circle with a thirty-two-sided polygon inscribed within it, the arc divided by radiating chords into equal segments. The e-Leo catalogue describes it as part of the preceding figure, continuing his geometric study of many-sided polygons approximating the circle. No text is transcribed for the page.
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Quarter circle inscribing a thirty-two-sided polygon
A quarter circle is subdivided by radiating lines that mark the vertices of a thirty-two-sided polygon inscribed within it. The construction, described by the catalogue as part of the preceding figure, approximates the curved arc by a fan of equal straight chords. It belongs to Leonardo's exercises on polygons inscribed in circles.