Volume Volume1\Proportions and Movements of the Human Figure
Entry# 334.
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From the roots of the hair to the top of the breast _a b_ is the
sixth part of the height of a man and this measure is equal.
From the outside part of one shoulder to the other is the same
distance as from the top of the breast to the navel and this measure
goes four times from the sole of the foot to the lower end of the
nose.
The thickness of the arm where it springs from the shoulder in
front goes 6 times into the space between the two outside edges of
the shoulders and 3 times into the face, and four times into the
length of the foot and three into the hand, inside or outside.
Footnote: The three sketches Pl. XIV, No. 2 belong to this text.
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