BOOK XVII

DEATH--THE WINGED PRECURSOR--1516-1519 437

EPILOGUE 459

LEONARDO DA VINCI

'Sentio rediit ab inferis Julianus.' (I feel that Julian has risen again.)--PETRARCH.

'We see the encounter of vast contraries: Man-god against God-man--Apollo Belvedere against Christ.'--DOSTOIEVSKY.