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[Footnote: uno piccolo spiracelo nel mezzo. M. RAVAISSON, in his
edition of MS. A (Paris), p. 52, reads nel muro--evidently a
mistake for nel mezzo which is quite plainly written; and he
translates it "fait lui une petite ouverture dans le mur," adding
in a note: "les mots 'dans le mur' paraissent etre de trop.
Leonardo a du les ecrire par distraction" But 'nel mezzo' is
clearly legible even on the photograph facsimile given by Ravaisson
himself, and the objection he raises disappears at once. It is not
always wise or safe to try to prove our author's absence of mind or
inadvertence by apparent difficulties in the sense or connection of
the text.]
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26.
TO DRAW A FIGURE ON A WALL 12 BRACCIA HIGH WHICH SHALL LOOK 24
BRACCIA HIGH.
If you wish to draw a figure or any other object to look 24 braccia
high you must do it in this way. First, on the surface m r draw
half the man you wish to represent; then the other half; then put on
the vault m n [the rest of] the figure spoken of above; first set
out the vertical plane on the floor of a room of the same shape as
the wall with the coved part on which you are to paint your figure.
Then, behind it, draw a figure set out in profile of whatever size
you please, and draw lines from it to the point f and, as these
lines cut m n on the vertical plane, so will the figure come on
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