The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 by Leonardo da Vinci
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arrangement in which the exterior is square on the ground floor with
only four of the chapels projecting, as is explained in the next sketch. Pl. LXXXIX, MS. B, 17b. Elevation to the preceding plan sketched on the opposite side of the sheet, and also marked A. It is accompanied by the following remark, indicating the theoretical character of these studies:_ questo - edifitio - anchora - starebbe - bene affarlo dalla linja - _a_ - _b_ - _c_ - _d_ - insu. _("This edifice would also produce a good effect if only the part above the lines_ a b, c d, _were executed"). Pl. LXXXIV, No. 11. The exterior has the form of an octagon, but the chapels project partly beyond it. On the left side of the sketch they appear larger than on the right side. Pl. XC, No. 1, (MS. B, 25b); Repetition of Pl. LXXXIV, No. 11. Pl. XC, No. 2. Elevation to the plan No. 1, and also to No. 6 of the same sheet._ _E. By chapels formed by four niches: Pl. LXXXIV, No. 7 (the circular plan on the left below) shows this arrangement in which the central dome has become circular inside and might therefore be classed after this group. [Footnote 1: This plan and some others of this class remind us of the plan of the Mausoleum of Augustus as it is represented for instance by Durand. See_ Cab. des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Topographie de Rome, V, 6, 82._] |
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