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دسته بندی: ریاضیات کاربردی ویرایش: نویسندگان: Augusta Tosone. Catherine Frost سری: ISBN (شابک) : 0715324535, 9780715324530 ناشر: David & Charles سال نشر: 2006 تعداد صفحات: 607 زبان: English فرمت فایل : PDF (درصورت درخواست کاربر به PDF، EPUB یا AZW3 تبدیل می شود) حجم فایل: 2 مگابایت
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This captivating book provides the reader with a unique insight into the life and work of one of history's most intriguing figures. All of Leonardo Da Vinci's work is presented in this compact volume - from his paintings and frescos, to detailed reproductions of his remarkable encrypted notebooks. As well as featuring each individual artwork, sections of each are shown in isolation to reveal incredible details - for example, the different levels of perspective between the background sections of the "Mona Lisa", and the disembodied hand in "The Last Supper". 640 pages of colour artworks and photographs of Da Vinci's original notebooks, accompanied by fascinating biographical and historical details are here.
PREFACE.......Page 1
PROLEGOMENA AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK ON PAINTING......Page 6
SIX BOOKS ON LIGHT AND SHADE......Page 7
ON THE PROPORTIONS AND ON THE MOVEMENTS OF THE HUMAN FIGURE......Page 8
THE PRACTICE OF PAINTING......Page 9
STUDIES AND SKETCHES FOR PICTURES AND DECORATIONS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION.......Page 13
INTRODUCTION.......Page 14
INTRODUCTION.......Page 15
THE DISCOURSE ON PAINTING.......Page 16
ON THE SECTIONS OF [THE BOOK ON] PAINTING.......Page 17
INTRODUCTION TO PERSPECTIVE:—THAT IS OF THE FUNCTION OF THE EYE.......Page 18
OF THE EYE.......Page 19
ON PAINTING.......Page 20
ON PAINTING.......Page 21
ON PERSPECTIVE.......Page 22
_II.......Page 23
ON PAINTING.......Page 24
DEFINITION OF THE NATURE OF THE LINE.......Page 25
OF DRAWING OUTLINE.......Page 26
IN WHAT WAY THE EYE SEES OBJECTS PLACED IN FRONT OF IT.......Page 27
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 28
ELEMENTS OF PERSPECTIVE.......Page 29
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 31
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 33
HOW THE IMAGES OF OBJECTS RECEIVED BY THE EYE INTERSECT WITHIN THE CRYSTALLINE HUMOUR OF THE EYE.......Page 36
OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE EDGE AT THE RIGHT OR LEFT, OR THE UPPER, OR LOWER EDGE.......Page 38
AS TO WHETHER THE CENTRAL LINE OF THE IMAGE CAN BE INTERSECTED, OR NOT, WITHIN THE OPENING.......Page 39
HOW THE INNUMERABLE RAYS FROM INNUMERABLE IMAGES CAN CONVERGE TO A POINT.......Page 40
OF THE PLANE OF GLASS.......Page 41
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 42
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 43
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 44
DEFINITION.......Page 45
OF THE DEGREES OF DIMINUTION.......Page 46
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 47
OF EQUAL OBJECTS THE MOST REMOTE LOOK THE SMALLEST.......Page 48
OF A MIXTURE OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PERSPECTIVE.......Page 49
GENERAL INTRODUCTION.......Page 50
INTRODUCTION.......Page 51
OF THE THREE KINDS OF LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATE OPAQUE BODIES.......Page 52
WHAT LIGHT AND SHADOW ARE.......Page 53
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHADOW THAT IS INSEPARABLE FROM A BODY AND A CAST SHADOW?......Page 54
HOW THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF LIGHT, ONE SEPARABLE FROM, AND THE OTHER INSEPARABLE FROM BODIES.......Page 55
FIRST BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE.......Page 56
THE RAYS WHETHER SHADED OR LUMINOUS HAVE GREATER STRENGTH AND EFFECT AT THEIR POINTS THAN AT THEIR SIDES.......Page 57
WHAT BODIES WILL DISPLAY LUSTRE BUT NOT LOOK ILLUMINATED?......Page 58
SHOWS HOW LIGHT FROM ANY SIDE CONVERGES TO ONE POINT.......Page 59
OF PAINTING.......Page 61
THAT PORTION OF A BODY IN LIGHT AND SHADE WILL BE LEAST LUMINOUS WHICH IS SEEN UNDER THE LEAST AMOUNT OF LIGHT.......Page 62
THIRD BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE.......Page 64
OF SIMPLE DERIVED SHADOWS.......Page 65
OF SHADOW.......Page 66
OF THE PYRAMIDAL SHADOW.......Page 67
OF PAINTING.......Page 68
HOW SHADOWS FADE AWAY AT LONG DISTANCES.......Page 70
PROOF.......Page 71
OF THE SHADOW CAST BY A BODY PLACED BETWEEN 2 EQUAL LIGHTS.......Page 72
ANSWER.......Page 73
DEFINITION.......Page 74
FOURTH BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE.......Page 75
OF SHADOWS WHICH NEVER COME TO AN END.......Page 76
WHY A SHADOW WHICH IS LARGER THAN THE BODY CAUSING IT HAS ILL-DEFINED OUTLINES.......Page 77
OF THE OPINION OF SOME THAT A TRIANGLE CASTS NO SHADOW ON A PLANE SURFACE.......Page 78
OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE SHADOWS CAST BY OBJECTS OUGHT TO BE DEFINED.......Page 79
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 80
OF THE SHADOW AND ITS MOTION.......Page 81
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 82
THAT PART OF THE REFLECTION WILL BE BRIGHTEST WHERE THE REFLECTED RAYS ARE SHORTEST.......Page 84
IV.......Page 86
OF THE DIMINUTION IN PERSPECTIVE OF OPAQUE OBJECTS.......Page 87
OF THE ATMOSPHERE THAT INTERPOSES BETWEEN THE EYE AND VISIBLE OBJECTS.......Page 88
OF THE EYE.......Page 89
OF PAINTING.......Page 90
OF ORDINARY PERSPECTIVE.......Page 91
WHY BODIES IN LIGHT AND SHADE HAVE THEIR OUTLINES ALTERED BY THE COLOUR AND BRIGHTNESS OF THE OBJECTS SERVING AS A BACKGROUND TO THEM.......Page 92
TO PROVE HOW IT IS THAT LUMINOUS BODIES APPEAR LARGER, AT A DISTANCE, THAN THEY ARE.......Page 93
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 94
DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF A WALL SURFACE WILL BE DARKER OR BRIGHTER IN PROPORTION AS THE LIGHT OR SHADOW FALLS ON THEM AT A LARGER ANGLE.......Page 95
OF PAINTING.......Page 96
OF PAINTING.......Page 97
OF PAINTING.......Page 98
OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE IMAGES IN THE PUPIL OF THE EYE.......Page 99
OF THE COLOURS OF SIMPLE DERIVED SHADOWS.......Page 100
OF PAINTING.......Page 101
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 102
WHY BEAUTIFUL COLOURS MUST BE IN THE [HIGHEST] LIGHT.......Page 103
THE ANSWER.......Page 104
OF THE COLOURS IN THE FEATHERS OF CERTAIN BIRDS.......Page 105
OF THE VISIBILITY OF COLOURS.......Page 106
HOW A PAINTER SHOULD CARRY OUT THE PERSPECTIVE OF COLOUR IN PRACTICE.......Page 107
OF AERIAL PERSPECTIVE.......Page 108
OF THE MODE OF TREATING REMOTE OBJECTS IN PAINTING.......Page 109
OF THE COLOUR OF THE ATMOSPHERE.......Page 110
VII.......Page 113
OF THE MOTIONS OF THE FINGERS.......Page 128
OF THE LOINS, WHEN BENT.......Page 129
OF [CHANGE OF] ATTITUDE.......Page 130
OF PAINTING.......Page 131
OF PAINTING.......Page 132
HOW YOUNG BOYS HAVE THEIR JOINTS JUST THE REVERSE OF THOSE OF MEN, AS TO SIZE.......Page 133
OF DRAWING.......Page 135
OF THE HUMAN BODY IN ACTION.......Page 136
OF THE STRENGTH OF MAN.......Page 137
EXAMPLE.......Page 139
VIII.......Page 140
TREES.......Page 141
WHY, VERY FREQUENTLY, TIMBER HAS VEINS THAT ARE NOT STRAIGHT.......Page 143
OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF PLANTS.......Page 144
OF THE INSERTION OF THE BRANCHES ON PLANTS.......Page 146
A DESCRIPTION OF THE ELM.......Page 147
OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF TREES AND THEIR FOLIAGE.......Page 148
OF THE VISIBILITY OF THESE ACCIDENTS.......Page 149
OF THE SHADOWS OF A LEAF.......Page 150
OF THE LIGHTS ON LEAVES OF A YELLOWISH GREEN.......Page 152
OF THE SHADOWS OF VERDURE.......Page 153
ON PAINTING.......Page 154
FROM WHENCE TO DEPICT A LANDSCAPE......Page 155
OF TREES IN THE EAST.......Page 156
OBJECTS IN HIGH LIGHT SHOW BUT LITTLE, BUT BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW THEY STAND OUT WELL.......Page 157
OF TREES.......Page 158
TREES AT A SHORT DISTANCE.......Page 160
OF PAINTING IN A LANDSCAPE.......Page 162
OF LIGHT AND SHADOW IN A TOWN.......Page 163
OF THE SMOKE OF A TOWN.......Page 164
THE WIND.......Page 165
OF CLOUDS, SMOKE AND DUST AND THE FLAMES OF A FURNACE OR OF A BURNING KILN.......Page 167
IX.......Page 168
PRECEPTS FOR DRAWING.......Page 170
OF PAINTING.......Page 171
OF STUDY AND THE ORDER OF STUDY.......Page 172
HOW THAT DILIGENCE [ACCURACY] SHOULD FIRST BE LEARNT RATHER THAN RAPID EXECUTION.......Page 173
OF THE LIFE OF THE PAINTER IN HIS STUDIO.......Page 174
OF POSITIONS.......Page 175
OF THE MISERABLE PRETENCES MADE BY THOSE WHO FALSELY AND UNWORTHILY ACQUIRE THE NAME OF PAINTERS.......Page 176
HOW SOMETHING MAY BE LEARNT EVERYWHERE.......Page 177
OF GAMES TO BE PLAYED BY THOSE WHO DRAW.......Page 178
THE ARTIST'S STUDIO.—INSTRUMENTS AND HELPS FOR THE APPLICATION OF PERSPECTIVE.—ON JUDGING OF A PICTURE.......Page 179
OF THE QUALITY OF THE LIGHT.......Page 180
OF THE QUALITY OF LIGHT.......Page 181
OF DRAWING AN OBJECT.......Page 182
A METHOD OF DRAWING AN OBJECT IN RELIEF AT NIGHT.......Page 183
TO DRAW A FIGURE ON A WALL 12 BRACCIA HIGH WHICH SHALL LOOK 24 BRACCIA HIGH.......Page 184
HOW THE MIRROR IS THE MASTER [AND GUIDE] OF PAINTERS.......Page 185
OF A METHOD OF LEARNING WELL BY HEART.......Page 186
HOW IN SMALL OBJECTS ERRORS ARE LESS EVIDENT THAN IN LARGE ONES.......Page 187
WHY OF TWO OBJECTS OF EQUAL SIZE A PAINTED ONE WILL LOOK LARGER THAN A SOLID ONE.......Page 188
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 189
A PICTURE OF OBJECTS IN PERSPECTIVE WILL LOOK MORE LIFELIKE WHEN SEEN FROM THE POINT FROM WHICH THE OBJECTS WERE DRAWN.......Page 190
OF PAINTING.......Page 192
OF PAINTING: OF THE DARKNESS OF THE SHADOWS, OR I MAY SAY, THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LIGHTS.......Page 193
HOW LIGHT SHOULD BE THROWN UPON FIGURES.......Page 194
OF THE JUDGMENT TO BE MADE OF A PAINTER'S WORK.......Page 195
OF THE WAY TO MAKE THE SHADOW ON FIGURES CORRESPOND TO THE LIGHT AND TO [THE COLOUR] OF THE BODY.......Page 196
OF SHADOWS.......Page 197
HOW WHITE BODIES SHOULD BE REPRESENTED.......Page 198
WHY A MAN SEEN AT A CERTAIN DISTANCE IS NOT RECOGNISABLE.......Page 199
OF THE WAY TO LEARN TO COMPOSE FIGURES [IN GROUPS] IN HISTORICAL PICTURES.......Page 200
HOW YOU SHOULD SET TO WORK TO DRAW A HEAD OF WHICH ALL THE PARTS SHALL AGREE WITH THE POSITION GIVEN TO IT.......Page 201
THE PROOF AND REASON WHY AMONG THE ILLUMINATED PARTS CERTAIN PORTIONS ARE IN HIGHER LIGHT THAN OTHERS.......Page 202
PRECEPTS IN PAINTING.......Page 203
OF THE DELUSIONS WHICH ARISE IN JUDGING OF THE LIMBS.......Page 205
OF THE MUSCLES OF ANIMALS.......Page 206
OF GRACE IN THE LIMBS.......Page 207
OF REPRESENTING A MAN SPEAKING TO A MULTITUDE.......Page 208
OF PAINTING.......Page 209
OF THE WAY OF REPRESENTING A BATTLE.......Page 210
OF THE WAY TO REPRESENT A NIGHT [SCENE].......Page 212
HOW TO REPRESENT A TEMPEST.......Page 213
OF THE DELUGE AND HOW TO REPRESENT IT IN A PICTURE.......Page 214
DESCRIPTION OF THE DELUGE.......Page 217
THE ARTIST'S MATERIALS.......Page 219
PAPER FOR DRAWING UPON IN BLACK BY THE AID OF YOUR SPITTLE.......Page 220
A FINE YELLOW.......Page 221
THE PROPORTIONS OF COLOURS.......Page 222
TO REMOVE THE SMELL OF OIL.......Page 223
OIL.......Page 224
VARNISH [OR POWDER].......Page 225
MOULD(?).......Page 226
FIRE.......Page 227
THAT PAINTING SURPASSES ALL HUMAN WORKS BY THE SUBTLE CONSIDERATIONS BELONGING TO IT.......Page 228
THAT SCULPTURE IS LESS INTELLECTUAL THAN PAINTING, AND LACKS MANY CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURE.......Page 230
OF PAINTING.......Page 231
_X.......Page 232
CHRIST.......Page 242
TRUTH.......Page 251
TO REPRESENT INGRATITUDE.......Page 252
Volume 2......Page 255
XI.......Page 256
MEASUREMENT AND DIVISION OF A STATUE.......Page 261
OF MAKING THE MOULD IN PIECES.......Page 263
METHOD OF FOUNDING AGAIN.......Page 264
THE MONUMENT TO MESSER GIOVANNI JACOMO DA TREVULZO.......Page 266
POWDER FOR MEDALS.......Page 269
STUCCO.......Page 270
TO CAST BRONZE IN PLASTER.......Page 271
IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LARGE CAST.......Page 272
OF THE THICKNESS OF SMALL GUNS.......Page 273
HOW TO HASTEN THE MELTING.......Page 274
XII.......Page 276
ON MOVING HOUSES.......Page 278
FOR MAKING A CLEAN STABLE.......Page 301
THE WAY TO CONSTRUCT A FRAME-WORK FOR DECORATING BUILDINGS.......Page 302
STEPS OF URRBINO.......Page 303
_XIII.......Page 305
ON FISSURES IN WALLS.......Page 306
ON THE SITUATION OF FOUNDATIONS AND IN WHAT PLACES THEY ARE A CAUSE OF RUIN.......Page 307
OF ARCHED CRACKS, WIDE AT THE TOP, AND NARROW BELOW.......Page 308
OF STONES WHICH DISJOIN THEMSELVES FROM THEIR MORTAR.......Page 309
ON THE SHRINKING OF DAMP BODIES OF DIFFERENT THICKNESS AND WIDTH.......Page 310
WHAT IS AN ARCH?......Page 311
ON THE STRENGTH OF THE ARCH.......Page 312
ON THE REMEDY FOR EARTHQUAKES.......Page 313
AN ARCH LOADED OVER THE CROWN WILL GIVE WAY AT THE LEFT HAND AND RIGHT HAND QUARTERS.......Page 314
ON THE STRENGTH AND NATURE OF ARCHES, AND WHERE THEY ARE STRONG OR WEAK; AND THE SAME AS TO COLUMNS.......Page 315
PLAN.......Page 316
ON FOUNDATIONS, THE NATURE OF THE GROUND AND SUPPORTS.......Page 317
ON THE RESISTANCE OF BEAMS.......Page 318
ON THE LENGTH OF BEAMS.......Page 319
XIV.......Page 323
ANATOMY.......Page 324
OF THE ORDER OF THE BOOK.......Page 326
THE ORDER OF THE BOOK.......Page 327
THE ARRANGEMENT OF ANATOMY......Page 328
NOTE.......Page 329
ANATOMY.......Page 330
OF THE HUMAN FIGURE.......Page 331
OF THE HEAD.......Page 332
ZOOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.......Page 333
OF THE PALM OF THE HAND.......Page 335
PHYSIOLOGY.......Page 336
OF THE EYES IN ANIMALS.......Page 337
OF THE NATURE OF SIGHT.......Page 338
WHY MEN ADVANCED IN AGE SEE BETTER AT A DISTANCE.......Page 339
HOW THE FIVE SENSES ARE THE MINISTERS OF THE SOUL.......Page 341
HOW THE BODY OF ANIMALS IS CONSTANTLY DYING AND BEING RENEWED.......Page 342
XV.......Page 346
THE EARTH AS A PLANET.......Page 347
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 350
PERSPECTIVE.......Page 351
THE REASON OF THE INCREASED SIZE OF THE SUN IN THE WEST.......Page 352
IN PRAISE OF THE SUN.......Page 355
PROOF THAT THE NEARER YOU ARE TO THE SOURCE OF THE SOLAR RAYS, THE LARGER WILL THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN FROM THE SEA APPEAR TO YOU.......Page 358
OF THE MOON.......Page 359
OF THE MOON AND WHETHER IT IS POLISHED AND SPHERICAL.......Page 360
OF THE MOON.......Page 361
WHAT SORT OF THING THE MOON IS.......Page 363
OF THE MOON.......Page 364
THE SPOTS ON THE MOON.......Page 366
OF THE SPOTS ON THE MOON.......Page 367
OF HALOS ROUND THE MOON.......Page 368
SECOND ARGUMENT.......Page 369
_XVI.......Page 371
INTRODUCTION.......Page 373
Book 15 of matters worn away by water.......Page 374
THE ORDER OF THE BOOK.......Page 375
THE BEGINNING OF THE TREATISE ON WATER.......Page 377
OF WHAT IS WATER.......Page 378
OF THE CENTRE OF THE OCEAN.......Page 379
OF THE EARTH.......Page 380
PROVES HOW THE EARTH IS NOT GLOBULAR AND NOT BEING GLOBULAR CANNOT HAVE A COMMON CENTRE.......Page 381
OF THE SEA, WHICH TO MANY FOOLS APPEARS TO BE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH WHICH FORMS ITS SHORE.......Page 382
THE OPINION OF SOME PERSONS WHO SAY THAT THE WATER OF SOME SEAS IS HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST SUMMITS OF MOUNTAINS; AND NEVERTHELESS THE WATER WAS FORCED UP TO THESE SUMMITS.......Page 383
WHY WATER IS SALT.......Page 384
THAT THE OCEAN DOES NOT PENETRATE UNDER THE EARTH.......Page 385
OF WAVES.......Page 386
Book 9 of the meeting of rivers and their flow and ebb. The cause is the same in the sea, where it is caused by the straits of Gibraltar. And again it is caused by whirlpools.......Page 387
OF THE FLOW AND EBB.......Page 388
SUBTERRANEAN WATER COURSES.......Page 389
WHETHER WATER RISES FROM THE SEA TO THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS.......Page 390
IN CONFIRMATION OF WHY THE WATER GOES TO THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS.......Page 391
OF THE ORIGIN OF RIVERS.......Page 392
Book 9, of the meeting of rivers and of their ebb and flow. The cause is the same in the sea, where it is caused by the straits of Gibraltar; and again it is caused by whirlpools.......Page 393
OF THE VIBRATION OF THE EARTH.......Page 394
ON MOUNTAINS.......Page 395
OF THE SEA WHICH ENCIRCLES THE EARTH.......Page 396
A DOUBTFUL POINT.......Page 397
OF THE DELUGE AND OF MARINE SHELLS.......Page 398
A CONFUTATION OF THOSE WHO SAY THAT SHELLS MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED TO A DISTANCE OF MANY DAYS' JOURNEY FROM THE SEA BY THE DELUGE, WHICH WAS SO HIGH AS TO BE ABOVE THOSE HEIGHTS.......Page 401
OF MOTION.......Page 404
XVII.......Page 405
CANAL OF FLORENCE.......Page 407
OF THE CANAL OF MARTESANA.......Page 411
CANAL.......Page 412
THE BATH.......Page 413
OF THE FORCE OF THE VACUUM FORMED IN A MOMENT.......Page 414
BELLAGGIO.......Page 416
IN VAL SASINA.......Page 417
OF PAINTING.......Page 422
SPAIN.......Page 426
THE ROAD TO ORLEANS......Page 430
WHY THE SEA MAKES A STRONGER CURRENT IN THE STRAITS OF SPAIN THAN ELSEWHERE.......Page 432
WHY THE CURRENT OF GIBRALTAR IS ALWAYS GREATER TO THE WEST THAN TO THE EAST.......Page 433
THE LEVANT.......Page 434
SMALL BOATS.......Page 437
SITE FOR [A TEMPLE OF] VENUS.......Page 439
WHY WATER IS FOUND AT THE TOP OF MOUNTAINS.......Page 440
XVIII.......Page 442
ON MOVEMENTS;—TO KNOW HOW MUCH A SHIP ADVANCES IN AN HOUR.......Page 443
A METHOD OF ESCAPING IN A TEMPEST AND SHIPWRECK AT SEA.......Page 445
TO ESCAPE THE PERIL OF DESTRUCTION.......Page 447
GREEK FIRE.......Page 448
XIX.......Page 450
A PRAYER.......Page 452
OF MECHANICS.......Page 455
MORALS.......Page 456
A SIMILE FOR PATIENCE.......Page 462
POLEMICS.—SPECULATION.......Page 464
OF SPIRITS.......Page 467
AS TO WHETHER THE SPIRIT CAN SPEAK OR NOT.......Page 468
EXAMPLE OF THE LIGHTNING IN CLOUDS.......Page 470
XX.......Page 471
THE LOVE OF VIRTUE.......Page 472
RAGE.......Page 473
DISCIPLINE.......Page 474
FIDELITY, OR LOYALTY.......Page 475
VAIN GLORY.......Page 476
ABSTINENCE.......Page 477
LUMERPA,—FAME.......Page 478
THE STORK.......Page 479
THE DRAGON.......Page 480
THE SPIDER.......Page 481
THE ELEPHANT.......Page 482
THE DRAGON.......Page 483
LIONS, PARDS, PANTHERS, TIGERS.......Page 484
THE TIGER.......Page 485
THE WEASEL.......Page 486
THE CROCODILE.......Page 487
THE STAG.......Page 488
OF FORESIGHT.......Page 489
A FABLE.......Page 490
A FABLE.......Page 491
A FABLE.......Page 492
A FABLE.......Page 493
A FABLE.......Page 495
A FABLE.......Page 496
A JEST.......Page 497
A JEST.......Page 499
THE DIVISION OF THE PROPHECIES.......Page 501
PROPHECIES.......Page 512
THE SAME.......Page 519
A SIMILE.......Page 520
WHY DOGS TAKE PLEASURE IN SMELLING AT EACH OTHER.......Page 522
TRICKS OF DIVIDING.......Page 523
XXI.......Page 524
OF THE STRUCTURE AND SIZE OF MOUNT TAURUS.......Page 533
BOOK 43. OF THE MOVEMENT OF AIR ENCLOSED IN WATER.......Page 536
XXII.......Page 556
NAMES OF ENGINEERS.......Page 559
OF THE INSTRUMENT.......Page 560
MEMORANDUM.......Page 563
MEMORARDUM.......Page 568
Book from Maestro small box,— Paolo Infermieri,—......Page 573
Book on Arithmetic [Footnote 1: "La nobel opera de arithmethica ne la qual se tracta tute cosse amercantia pertinente facta & compilata per Piero borgi da Veniesia", in-40. In fine: "Nela inclita cita di Venetia a corni. 2 augusto. 1484. fu imposto fi.........Page 578
CORNELIUS CELSUS.......Page 584
OF SQUARING THE CIRCLE, AND WHO IT WAS THAT FIRST DISCOVERED IT BY ACCIDENT.......Page 588
EXPENSES OF THE INTERMENT OF CATERINA.......Page 593
Section title: Miscellaneous Notes.......Page 599