376

Of walking up and down.

I ask the weight [pressure] of this man at every degree of motion on these steps, what weight he gives to b and to c.

[Footnote 8: These lines are, in the original, written in ink] Observe the perpendicular line below the centre of gravity of the man.

[Footnote: See Pl. XXIII, No. 2.]

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
VII: On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure.
. . .
356,
357,
358,
359,
360,
361
The proportions vary at different ages.
362,
363,
364,
365,
366,
367
The movement of the human figure.
368,
369,
370,
371,
372,
373,
374
Of walking up and down.
375,
376,
377,
378,
379
On the human body in action.
380,
381,
382,
383,
384,
385,
386,
387,
388
On hair falling down in curls.
389
On draperies.
390,
391,
392
. . .