ABSTRACT
This paper discusses Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings for centerings for vaults. Although the drawings are regularly mentioned in the literature, an in-depth analysis is still lacking. Taking the drawings Codex Atlanticus, f. 225r-a [609r] and Manuscrit B, ff. 19v and 67v as examples, the paper tries to figure out da Vinci’s thinking behind the drawings and tries to collocate them between the theory of mechanics and the building and workshop practice of his time.
