1016

Notes on buildings in Milan.

Indicate the centre of Milan.

Moforte—porta resa—porta nova—strada nova—navilio—porta cumana—barco—porta giovia—porta vercellina—porta sco Anbrogio—porta Tesinese—torre dell’ Imperatore— porta Lodovica—acqua.

[Footnote: See Pl. CIX. The original sketch is here reduced to about half its size. The gates of the town are here named, beginning at the right hand and following the curved line. In the bird’s eye view of Milan below, the cathedral is plainly recognisable in the middle; to the right is the tower of San Gottardo. The square, above the number 9147, is the Lazzaretto, which was begun in 1488. On the left the group of buildings of the ‘Castello’ will be noticed. On the sketched Plan of Florence (see No. 1004 note) Leonardo has written on the margin the following names of gates of Milan: Vercellina —Ticinese—Ludovica—Romana—Orientale— Nova—Beatrice—Cumana—Compare too No. 1448, 11. 5, 12.]

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

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XVII: Topographical Notes.
. . .
Canals in connection with the Arno.
1001,
1002,
1003,
1004,
1005,
1006,
1007,
1008
Canals in the Milanese.
1009,
1010,
1011,
1012,
1013
Estimates and preparatory studies for canals.
1014,
1015
Notes on buildings in Milan.
1016,
1017,
1018,
1019,
1020
Remarks on natural phenomena in and near Milan.
1021,
1022
Note on Pavia.
1023
Notes on the Sforzesca near Vigevano.
1024,
1025,
1026,
1027,
1028
Notes on the North Italian lake.
1029,
1030,
1031,
1032,
1033
Notes on places in Central Italy, visited in 1502.
1034,
1035,
1036
. . .