The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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The greatest thickness of the calf of the leg is at a third of its  
height a b, and is a twentieth part thicker than the greatest  
thickness of the foot.  
a c is half of the head, and equal to d b and to the insertion  
of the five toes e f. d k diminishes one sixth in the leg g h.  
g h is 1/3 of the head; m n increases one sixth from a e and  
is 7/12 of the head, o p is 1/10 less than d k and is 6/17 of  
the head. a is at half the distance between b q, and is 1/4 of  
the man. r is half way between s and b[Footnote 11: b is  
here and later on measured on the right side of the foot as seen by  
the spectator.]. The concavity of the knee outside r is higher  
than that inside a. The half of the whole height of the leg from  
the foot r, is half way between the prominence s and the ground  
b. v is half way between t and b. The thickness of the thigh  
seen in front is equal to the greatest width of the face, that is  
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/3 of the length from the chin to the top of the head; z r is 5/6  
of 7 to v; m n is equal to 7 v and is 1/4 of r b, x y goes  
times into r b, and into r s.  
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Footnote 22-35: The sketch illustrating these lines is on Pl. XIII,  
No. 2.]  
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Footnote 22: a b entra in c f 6 e 6 in c n. Accurate  
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