Other Watermark Types Found in Leonardo’s Papers

Greek cross in circle

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparisons: B 5540B 5541B 5542B 5543.[1]

Arundel ff. 69-72
Arundel ff. 69-72 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 69-72 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 69-72 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 69-72 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 113-114
Arundel ff. 113-114 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 113-114 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 113-114 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 113-114 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 169-172
Arundel ff. 169-172- Line drawing
Arundel ff. 169-172- Line drawing
Arundel ff. 169-172 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 169-172 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 190-191
Arundel ff. 190-191 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 190-191 - De-noised

Snake

Also known as: serpent.

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 60) Briquet comparison: B 13630.

Arundel f. 33
Arundel f. 33 - Line drawing
Arundel f. 33 - Line drawing
Arundel f. 33 - transmitted light
Arundel f. 33 - transmitted light

Arundel ff. 100*-101
Arundel ff. 100-101 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 100*-101 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 100-101 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 100*-101 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 134-135
Arundel ff. 134-135 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 134-135 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 181-184
Arundel ff. 181-184 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 181-184 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 181-184 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 181-184 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 225-230
Arundel ff. 225-230
Arundel ff. 225-230 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 265-268
Arundel ff. 265-268 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 265-268 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 265-268 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 265-268 - De-noised

Flower (unidentified)

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparisons: B 6596B 6597.

Arundel ff. 73-78
Arundel ff. 73-78 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 73-78 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 73-78 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 73-78 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 112-115 (eight petals)
Arundel ff. 112-115 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 112-115 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 112-115 - Transmitted light
Arundel ff. 112-115 - Transmitted light

Arundel ff. 249-252 (medium, seven petals)
Arundel ff. 249-252 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 249-252 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 254-255
Arundel ff. 254-255 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 254-255 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 257-262 (small, seven? petals)
Arundel ff. 257-262 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 257-262 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 257-262 - Transmitted light
Arundel ff. 257-262 - Transmitted light

Agnus Dei in circle

Also known as: lamb of God in circle.

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 60) Briquet comparisons: B 47B 48.

Arundel f. 94
Arundel f. 94 - Line drawing
Arundel f. 94 - De-noised

Arundel ff. 157-158
Arundel ff. 157-158 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 157-158 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 157-158 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 157-158 - De-noised

St. Catherine’s wheel

Also known as: Mill wheel; water wheel; with five blades surmounted by a crown.

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparisons: B 13546B 13349 (top leaves only in folio 211), B 13352 (top leaves only in folio 211).


Arundel f. 211
Arundel f. 211 - Line drawing
Arundel f. 211 - De-noised

RCIN no. 912291
RCIN no. 912292 - Line drawing
RCIN no. 912291 - Transmitted light

RCIN no. 912344
RCIN no. 912344 - Line drawing
RCIN no. 912344 - Transmitted light

Two buckets hanging from a tree trunk on fire

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparisons: B 2189B 2190B 2191B 2192.

Arundel ff. 105-106
Arundel ff. 105-106 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 105-106 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 105-106 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 105-106 - De-noised

Dove in circle

Also known as: bird in circle.

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparisons: B 12204B 12205.

Arundel ff. 131-132
Arundel ff. 131-132 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 131-132 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 131-132 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 131-132 - De-noised

Grape

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparison: B 13117.

Arundel ff. 245-246
Arundel ff. 245-246 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 245-246 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 245-246 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 245-246 - De-noised

Crown without arches

Also known as: crown with five points (balls).

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 59) Briquet comparison: B 4811.

Arundel ff. 258-261 (with five points, balls)
Arundel ff. 258-261 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 258-261 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 258-261 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 258-261 - De-noised

Star (six radii) in circle

Also known as: star with six points in circle.

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparisons: B 6089B 6084B 6085.

Arundel f. 281
Arundel f. 281 - Line drawing
Arundel f. 281 - Line drawing
Arundel f. 281 - De-noised
Arundel f. 281 - De-noised

Flower with crown

Pedretti/Vecce (p. 61) Briquet comparison: B 6406 (“anche come colonnelli”).

Arundel ff. 263-270 (five petals)
Arundel ff. 263-270 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 263-270 - Line drawing
Arundel ff. 263-270 - De-noised
Arundel ff. 263-270 - De-noised

[1] Because similarities to Briquet’s watermarks continue to be included in the literature, they have been cited here. Briquet comparisons were extracted from Carlo Pedretti and Carlo Vecce in “Apparati IV, V, Filigrane,” Il Codice Arundel 263 nella British Library: edizione in facsimile nel riordinamento cronologico dei suoi fascicoli (Florence: Giunti, 1998), 58-61; Carlo Pedretti, The Codex Hammer of Leonardo da Vinci, translated into English and annotated by Carlo Pedretti (Florence: Giunti Barbèra, 1987); Carmen C. Bambach in Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered, 4 vols. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2019); and Juliana Barone, ed., Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion, exh. cat. (London: The British Library, 2019).