The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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to the hand from wrist joint to the tip of the thumb.  
The smallest width of the hand is equal to the smallest width of the  
foot between its joint into the leg and the insertion of the toes.  
The width of the heel at the lower part is equal to that of the arm  
where it joins the hand; and also to the leg where it is thinnest  
when viewed in front.  
The length of the longest toe, from its first division from the  
great toe to its tip is the fourth of the foot from the centre of  
the ancle bone to the tip, and it is equal to the width of the  
mouth. The distance between the mouth and the chin is equal to that  
of the knuckles and of the three middle fingers and to the length of  
their first joints if the hand is spread, and equal to the distance  
from the joint of the thumb to the outset of the nails, that is the  
fourth part of the hand and of the face.  
The space between the extreme poles inside and outside the foot  
called the ancle or ancle bone a b is equal to the space between  
the mouth and the inner corner of the eye.  
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The foot, from where it is attached to the leg, to the tip of the  
great toe is as long as the space between the upper part of the chin  
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