561. Get hold of a skull

J'ai trouvé un article parfaitement fascinant dans le Guardian. Comme il s'agit de listes, j'en mets un extrait ici...

"On the Utilities. Spectacles with case, firestick, fork, bistoury [a surgical knife], charcoal, boards, sheets of paper, chalk, white wax, forceps, pane of glass, fine-tooth bone saw, scalpel, inkhorn, penknife.

"Get hold of a skull. Nutmeg.

"Observe the holes in the substance of the brain, where there are more of less of them.

"Describe the tongue of the woodpecker and jaw of a crocodile.

"Give measurement of the dead using his finger [as a unit].

"Get your books on anatomy bound. Boots, stockings, comb, towel, shirts, shoelaces, penknife, pens, a skin for the chest, gloves, wrapping paper, charcoal."

Il s'agit de la to-do list de Léonard de Vinci, avant un voyage à Pavie ; je la trouve extraordinaire. On dirait un poème… et j'aimerais bien que la mienne, de to-do list, soit aussi intéressante. (Get hold of a skull !)