Quotation from: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

Written by: Leonardo da Vinci


C. by octagonal chapels:


a) MS. B, 21a; Pl. LXXXVIII, No. 4.


b) No. 2 on the same plate. Underneath there is the remark:_
"quest'e come le 8 cappele ano a essere facte" _(this is how the
eight chapels are to be executed).


c) Pl. LXXXVIII, No. 5. Elevation to the plans on the same sheet, it
is accompanied by the note:_ "ciasscuno de' 9 tiburi no'uole -
passare l'alteza - di - 2 - quadri" _(neither of the 9 domes must
exceed the height of two squares).

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