376

Of walking up and down.

I ask the weight [pressure] of this man at every degree of motion on these steps, what weight he gives to b and to c.

[Footnote 8: These lines are, in the original, written in ink] Observe the perpendicular line below the centre of gravity of the man.

[Footnote: See Pl. XXIII, No. 2.]

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

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VI * VIII

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VII: On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure.

. . .

356,

357,

358,

359,

360,

361

The proportions vary at different ages.

362,

363,

364,

365,

366,

367

The movement of the human figure.

368,

369,

370,

371,

372,

373,

374

Of walking up and down.

375,

376,

377,

378,

379

On the human body in action.

380,

381,

382,

383,

384,

385,

386,

387,

388

On hair falling down in curls.

389

On draperies.

390,

391,

392

. . .