24:I[197881,["/_next/static/chunks/8c04babe2e00a7e0.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/7f542e29850d5a34.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/84783569d367033b.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/6639f53200a54d6c.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/3a366c3516387c27.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/73ec2f460c58b917.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/391c4b1557451991.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/2f99b67437bef26c.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/e84c26bbe04ad627.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/77ffa9b0397aa5e9.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL","/_next/static/chunks/a7eee0563d2d9ccc.js?dpl=dpl_2MpkZ5Ymzc4AqWufA3R1jr2EXkdL"],"default"] 25:T440,This page follows a blank leaf in the manuscript sequence and begins Leonardo da Vinci's specific anatomical and aesthetic studies of hair for his 'Leda' composition. # Study for the Head of Leda The following text is written in mirror-writing, characteristic of Leonardo da Vinci. ->from the last<- ->part of the<- ->braid<- original: "trizza" — a Renaissance term for a complex braid or tress of hair. The accompanying sketch depicts a woman's head in three-quarter view. Leonardo’s obsession with the "motions of the mind" is reflected here in the "motions of the hair," where he compares the flow of tresses to the swirling patterns of water.

This page features a technical note by Leonardo da Vinci regarding the arrangement of a complex braid for his "Leda and the Swan" studies. It demonstrates his meticulous attention to the geometry of hairstyles as a form of organic architecture.

Leonardo da Vinci, Leda, braid, hairstyle, Renaissance drawing, mirror writing, anatomy of hair