1520.

On Tuesday I bought wine for morning [drinking]; on Friday the 4th day of September the same.

[Footnote:  This note enables us to fix the date of the Manuscript, in which it is to be found.  In 1495 the 4th of September fell on a Friday; the contents of the Manuscript do not permit us to assign it to a much earlier or later date (Compare No. 1522, and Note).]

1521.

The cistern ... at the Hospital, —­2 ducats, —­beans, —­white maize, —­red maize, —­millet, —­buckwheat, —­kidney beans, —­beans, —­peas.

1522.

EXPENSES OF THE INTERMENT OF CATERINA.

For the 3 lbs of tapers 27 S
For the bier 8 S
A pall over the bier 12 S
For bearing and placing the cross 4 S
For bearing the body 8 S
For 4 priests and 4 clerks 20 S
Bell, book and sponge 2 S
For the gravediggers 16 S
To the senior 8 S
For a license from the authorities 1 S
106 S

The doctor 2 S
Sugar and candles 12 S
120 S

[Footnote:  See Nos. 1384 and 1517.]

1523.

Salai’s cloak, the 4th of April 1497. 4 braccia of silver cloth l. 15 S 4 green velvet to trim it l. 9 S —­ binding l.—­ S 9 loops l.—­ S 12 the making l. 1 S 5 binding for the front l.—­ S 5 stitching _________ here are 13 grossoni of his l. 26 S 5 Salai stole the soldi.

1524.

On Monday I bought 4 braccia of cloth lire 13 S 14 1/2 on the 17th of, October 1497.

1525.

Memorandum.  That on the 8th day of April 1503, I, Leonardo da Vinci, lent to Vante, miniature painter 4 gold ducats, in gold.  Salai carried them to him and gave them into his own hand, and he said he would repay within the space of 40 days.

Memorandum.  That on the same day I paid to Salai 3 gold ducats which he said he wanted for a pair of rose-coloured hose with their trimming; and there remain 9 ducats due to him—­excepting that he owes me 20 ducats, that is 17 I lent him at Milan, and 3 at Venice.

Memorandum.  That I gave Salai 21 braccia of cloth to make a shirt, at 10 soldi the braccio, which I gave him on the 20th day of April 1503.

[Footnote:  With regard to Vante or Attavante, the miniature painter (not Nanni as I formerly deciphered this name, which is difficult to read; see Zeitschrift fur Bild.  Kunst, 1879, p. 155), and Vasari, Lives of Frate Giovanni da Fiesole, of Bartolommeo della Gatta, and of Gherardo, miniatore. He, like Leonardo, was one of the committee of artists who, in 1503, considered the erection and placing of Michel Angelo’s David.  The date of his death is not known; he was of the same age as Leonardo.  Further details will be found in ‘Notizie di Attavante miniatore, e di alcuni suoi lavori’ (Milanese’s ed. of Vasari, III, 231-235).]

1526.

On the morning of San Peter’s day, June 29th, 1504, I took io ducats, of which I gave one to Tommaso my servant to spend.