693

Mottoes and Emblems.

Fame alone raises herself to Heaven, because virtuous things are in favour with God.

Disgrace should be represented upside down, because all her deeds are contrary to God and tend to hell.

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

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
X: Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations.
. . .
673
Allegorical representations.
674,
675,
676,
677,
678
Arrangement of a picture.
679
List of drawings.
680
Mottoes and Emblems.
681,
682,
683,
684,
685,
686,
687,
688,
689,
690,
691,
692,
693,
694,
695,
696,
697,
698,
699,
700,
701,
702
Ornaments and Decorations for feasts.
703,
704,
705
. . .