Creator
Pacioli, Luca.
Title
Divina proportione.
Coverage
Venice
Publisher
A. Paganius Paganinus
Date
1509.
Description
This work by Italian friar and mathematician Luca Pacioli (1445–1517) on the application of the “golden mean” or “divine proportion” to the arts includes a section with geometrical formulae for drawing roman letters. These are very similar to the numerous studies of human proportions found in the sketchbooks of Leonardo da Vinci, and the two are known to have met.
Source
Gift of Richard Hoe Lawrence.