The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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secondary motors of the fingers and so proceed by degrees to avoid  
confusion. But first lay on the bones those muscles which lie close  
to the said bones, without confusion of other muscles; and with  
these you may put the nerves and veins which supply their  
nourishment, after having first drawn the tree of veins and nerves  
over the simple bones.  
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Begin the anatomy at the head and finish at the sole of the foot.  
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01.  
men complete, 3 with bones and nerves, 3 with the bones only. Here  
we have 12 demonstrations of entire figures.  
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02.  
When you have finished building up the man, you will make the statue  
with all its superficial measurements.  
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Footnote: Cresciere l'omo. The meaning of this expression appears  
to be different here and in the passage C.A. 157a, 468a (see No.  
26, Note 1. 2). Here it can hardly mean anything else than  
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modelling, since the sculptor forms the figure by degrees, by adding  
wet clay and the figure consequently increases or grows. Tu farai  
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