629

The preparation of oils.

OIL.

Make some oil of mustard seed; and if you wish to make it with greater ease mix the ground seeds with linseed oil and put it all under the press.

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

628 * 630

VII * X

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

. . .

609

Of depicting natural phenomena.

610,

611

Of chalk and paper.

612,

613,

614,

615,

616,

617

On the preparation and use of colours.

618,

619,

620,

621,

622,

623,

624,

625,

626,

627

Of preparing the panel.

628

The preparation of oils.

629,

630,

631,

632,

633,

634

On varnishes [or powders].

635,

636,

637

On chemical materials.

638,

639,

640,

641,

642,

643,

644,

645,

646,

647,

648,

649

. . .