Manuscript

mv1IMG

LDE MV1

Milan, Ente Raccolta Vinciana
MS C. III 43, Datable to before 1651

373 numbered chapters with headings,  52 illustrations
Table of Contents

Leonardo da Vinci, Opinione. Modo di dipingere prospettive, ombre, lontananze, altezze, bassezze appresso da lontano et altro

Turin, Camaldolesian monastery; documented in Milan in 1843, Bodio collection

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Analysis
History
The early hystory of MV1 is unknown. It was in the Camaldolesian monastery at Turin. In 1843 it is documented in the Bodio collection in Milan.
Physical Description
[2] + fols. 1-129 + fols. 1I-12I + [2], Two different pagination sequence, 19.5 x 28.5 cm , in quartofols. 1I-12I Table of Contents (defectively numbered)
Watermark
Bibliography
Steinitz, Treatise on Painting, 1958, p. 53 (B, 7).
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