III. Six Books on Light and Shade: 143.

III. Six Books on Light and Shade: 143.

143.

A body in shadow situated between the light and the eye can never display its illuminated portion unless the eye can see the whole of the primary light.

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Footnotes

  1. 84:64

    : A stands for corpo (body), B for lume (light).

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