The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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quest'e come le 8 cappele ano a essere facte" (this is how the  
eight chapels are to be executed).  
c) Pl. LXXXVIII, No. 5. Elevation to the plans on the same sheet, it  
is accompanied by the note: "ciasscuno de' 9 tiburi no'uole -  
passare l'alteza - di - 2 - quadri" (neither of the 9 domes must  
exceed the height of two squares).  
d) Pl. LXXXVIII, No. 1. Inside of the same octagon. MS. B, 30a, and  
34b; these are three repetitions of parts of the same plan with very  
slight variations.  
D. by a circular chapel:  
MS. B, 18a (see Fig. 1 on page 47) gives the plan of this  
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").  
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