377

Of walking up and down.

In going up stairs if you place your hands on your knees all the labour taken by the arms is removed from the sinews at the back of the knees.

[Footnote: See Pl. XXIII, No. 3.]

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.

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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

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