697

Mottoes and Emblems.

A felled tree which is shooting again.

I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time.

[Footnote: I. Albero tagliato. This emblem was displayed during the Carnival at Florence in 1513. See VASARI VI, 251, ed. MILANESI 1881. But the coincidence is probably accidental.]

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
X: Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations.
. . .
677,
678
Arrangement of a picture.
679
List of drawings.
680
Mottoes and Emblems.
681,
682,
683,
684,
685,
686,
687,
688,
689,
690,
691,
692,
693,
694,
695,
696,
697,
698,
699,
700,
701,
702
Ornaments and Decorations for feasts.
703,
704,
705