29-01-2026, 07:50 PM
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I'm opening a new thread about it, because I think we'll need it. One of the sources for Q13 must have been an engineering manuscript much like this one (remember also the fountain discussion earlier).
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A bridge with a pipe pumping water over a valley from a lake to the city. A small waterway connects the lake to the river in the valley.
The river comes down from the top of the page and runs vertically to the bottom, with a curve to the bottom right.
It cuts into the landscape, leaving a deep, undulating shoreline.
A technique of parallel lines is used so shade the cliffs.
Am I describing a page from a renaissance book of engineering, or from VM f75r? Well, apart from the end point of the bridge, apparently both.
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The artistic techniques employed are similar as well. The cliffs' faces are done with vertical parallel lines. Water in small streams has long lines inside that run parallel with the shorelines.
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Another page that caught my eye is this one: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Notice the outlet, the inlet, the smooth raised basin, the segmented pipes arching in from the mountains...
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There are other things in the MS as well, similar to the fountain we discussed earlier: long, vertical pipes with water coming out, which is quite rare in manuscripts. But Q13 does seem to be inspired by it.
I talked to Marco about this, and he suspects there's a decent chance these images are original to the 1432-1433 manuscript by Taccola. If true, this would have implications about the VM.
I'm opening a new thread about it, because I think we'll need it. One of the sources for Q13 must have been an engineering manuscript much like this one (remember also the fountain discussion earlier).
See this folio: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
A bridge with a pipe pumping water over a valley from a lake to the city. A small waterway connects the lake to the river in the valley.
The river comes down from the top of the page and runs vertically to the bottom, with a curve to the bottom right.
It cuts into the landscape, leaving a deep, undulating shoreline.
A technique of parallel lines is used so shade the cliffs.
Am I describing a page from a renaissance book of engineering, or from VM f75r? Well, apart from the end point of the bridge, apparently both.
[attachment=13739]
The artistic techniques employed are similar as well. The cliffs' faces are done with vertical parallel lines. Water in small streams has long lines inside that run parallel with the shorelines.
[attachment=13740]
Another page that caught my eye is this one: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Notice the outlet, the inlet, the smooth raised basin, the segmented pipes arching in from the mountains...
[attachment=13741]
There are other things in the MS as well, similar to the fountain we discussed earlier: long, vertical pipes with water coming out, which is quite rare in manuscripts. But Q13 does seem to be inspired by it.
I talked to Marco about this, and he suspects there's a decent chance these images are original to the 1432-1433 manuscript by Taccola. If true, this would have implications about the VM.
