The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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halfbrothers, Antonio (b. 1476), Ser Giuliano (b. 1479), Lorenzo (b.  
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484), a girl, Violante (b. 1485), and another boy Domenico (b.  
486); Domenico's descendants still exist as a family. Ser Piero  
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married for the third time Lucrezia di Guglielmo Cortigiani by whom  
he had six children: Margherita (b. 1491), Benedetto (b. 1492),  
Pandolfo (b. 1494), Guglielmo (b. 1496), Bartolommeo (b. 1497), and  
Giovanni) date of birth unknown). Pierino da Vinci the sculptor  
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about 1520-1554) was the son of Bartolommeo, the fifth of these  
children. The dates of their deaths are not known, but we may infer  
from the above passage that they were all still living in 1505.]  
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373.  
On Wednesday at seven o'clock died Ser Piero da Vinci on the 9th of  
July 1504.  
[Footnote: This and the previous text it may be remarked are the  
only mention made by Leonardo of his father; Nos. 1526, 1527 and No.  
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463 are of the year 1504.]  
374.  
Begun by me, Leonardo da Vinci, on the l2th of July 1505.  
[
Footnote: Thus he writes on the first page of the MS. The title is  
on the foregoing coversheet as follows: Libro titolato  
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