The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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the chin and the eyes, and to the space between the chin and the  
jaw, and it is 1/18 of the height of the man.  
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18.  
a b, c d, e f, g h, i k are equal to each other in size  
excepting that d f is accidental.  
[Footnote: See Pl. XI.]  
Proportions of the head seen in front (319-321).  
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19.  
a n o f are equal to the mouth.  
a c and a f are equal to the space between one eye and the  
other.  
n m o f q r are equal to half the width of the eye lids, that is  
from the inner [lachrymatory] corner of the eye to its outer corner;  
and in like manner the division between the chin and the mouth; and  
in the same way the narrowest part of the nose between the eyes. And  
these spaces, each in itself, is the 19th part of the head, n o is  
equal to the length of the eye or of the space between the eyes.  
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