The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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to the other. If you divide the whole length of the nose--that is  
from the tip to the insertion of the eyebrows, into 4 equal parts,  
you will find that one of these parts extends from the tip of the  
nostrils to the base of the nose, and the upper division lies  
between the inner corner of the eye and the insertion of the  
eyebrows; and the two middle parts [together] are equal to the  
length of the eye from the inner to the outer corner.  
[
Footnote: The two bottom sketches on Pl. VII, No. 4 face the six  
lines of this section,--With regard to the proportions of the head  
in profile see No. 312.]  
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22.  
The great toe is the sixth part of the foot, taking the measure in  
profile, on the inside of the foot, from where this toe springs from  
the ball of the sole of the foot to its tip a b; and it is equal  
to the distance from the mouth to the bottom of the chin. If you  
draw the foot in profile from the outside, make the little toe begin  
at three quarters of the length of the foot, and you will find the  
same distance from the insertion of this toe as to the farthest  
prominence of the great toe.  
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23.  
For each man respectively the distance between a b is equal to c  
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