The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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space between the outer corner of the eye and the opening of the  
ear, and as the thickest part of the arm seen in profile and between  
the inner corner of the eye and the insertion of the hair.  
a b c [d] are all relatively of equal length, c d goes twice  
from the sole of the foot to the centre of the knee and the same  
from the knee to the hip.  
[28]a b c are equal; a to b is 2 feet--that is to say  
measuring from the heel to the tip of the great toe.  
[Footnote: See Pl. XV. The text of lines 2-17 is to the left of the  
front view of the leg, to which it refers. Lines 18-27 are in the  
middle column and refer to the leg seen in profile and turned to the  
left, on the right hand side of the writing. Lines 20-30 are above,  
to the left and apply to the sketch below them.  
Some farther remarks on the proportion of the leg will be found in  
No. 336, lines 6, 7.]  
On the central point of the whole body.  
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32.  
In kneeling down a man will lose the fourth part of his height.  
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