1559

Notes by unknown persons among the MSS..

Canonica of ... on the 5th of July 1507; my dearly beloved mother, sisters and cousin I herewith inform you that thanks to God I am ... about the sword which I ... bring it to Maso at the piazza ... and I will settle the business of Piero so that ...

[Footnote: AMORETTI, Mem. Stor. XXIV, quotes the first three lines of this letter as by Leonardo. The character of the writing however does not favour this hypothesis, and still less the contents. I should regard it rather a rough draft of a letter by young Melzi. I have not succeeded in deciphering completely the 13 lines of this text. Amoretti reads at the beginning Canonica di Vaprio, but Vaprio seems to me a very doubtful reading.]

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

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XXII: Miscellaneous Notes.
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1539,
1540,
1541,
1542,
1543,
1544,
1545
Notes by unknown persons among the MSS..
1546,
1547,
1548,
1549,
1550,
1551,
1552,
1553,
1554,
1555,
1556,
1557,
1558,
1559,
1560,
1561,
1562,
1563,
1564,
1565
Leonardo’s Will.
1566