Divina proportione.

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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.