Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · London : Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library ... · leaf 89
om a body moreobfcure than that which receives it, will beweak and almoft infenlible; on the contrary,where the ground on which it is received, isdarker than the furface whence it proceeds, itwill be bolder and more vifible: laftly, it willbe ftill more fenfible as the ground is more ob-fcure, and… … BY LEONARDO DA VINCI. 67 cned; that is, in proportion as that part of thefigure between the left flioulder D, and theMairt y/,, is diminifiled, the part on the oppo-fitefide, from B to C, is augmented ; the navel,or the middle of the body, al ways continuing inthe fame height. This diminution of…
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