597.
OF PAINTING.
Of the nature of movements in man. Do not repeat the same gestures in the limbs of men unless you are compelled by the necessity of their action, as is shown in a b.
[Footnote: See Pl. V, where part of the text is also reproduced. The effaced figure to the extreme left has evidently been cancelled by Leonardo himself as unsatisfactory.]
598.
The motions of men must be such as suggest their dignity or their baseness.
599.
OF PAINTING.
Make your work carry out your purpose and meaning. That is when you draw a figure consider well who it is and what you wish it to be doing.