735

On bronze casting generally.

[Dried earth 16 pounds, 100 pounds of metal wet clay 20,—of wet 100,-half,- which increases 4 Ibs. of water,—1 of wax, 1 Ib. of metal, a little less,-the scrapings of linen with earth, measure for measure.] [Footnote: The translation is given literally, but the meaning is quite obscure.]

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

X * XII
Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XI: The notes on Sculpture.
. . .
715
Models for the horse of the Sforza monument.
716,
717,
718
Occasional references to the Sforza monument.
719,
720,
721,
722,
723,
724
The project of the Trivulzio monument.
725
The mint of Rome.
726
On the coining of medals.
727,
728
On stucco.
729,
730
On bronze casting generally.
731,
732,
733,
734,
735,
736,
737,
738,
739,
740