Palazzo Salviati-Adimari elevations (recto) Villa Farnesina stables, plan and section; drawing of a screw

This sheet contains a detailed plan for a long, vaulted stable building, with a corresponding interior section showing columns and arches at the top right. To the right is a mechanical drawing of a large threaded screw and its socket, likely used for a wine press or construction hoist. The page is covered in precise numerical measurements in 'palmi' and notes on the building's layout.

Raphael's architectural drawings demonstrate the Renaissance application of Euclidean geometry and Vitruvian principles to practical engineering. Commissioned by Agostino Chigi, the Villa Farnesina served as a hub for the Roman high-renaissance interest in natural philosophy and the recovery of classical mechanical science.