'Eh? Who? What?' asked the dean of the theological faculty, who was deaf, and somewhat fallen into dotage.
''Tis Leonardo!' shouted his neighbour into his ear.
'Leonardo Pisano, the mathematical professor?'
'No, Leonardo da Vinci himself.'
'Is he doctor or master?'
'No, nor even bachelor. Leonardo, the painter of the Cenacolo.'
'Is he going to speak of painting?'
'It seems he will speak of natural science.'
'Are the painters so learned? I have never heard of this Leonardo. What has he written?'
'Nothing that I know of.'