The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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of a man from the shoulders to the ground; d e f are equal to each  
other and equal to the greatest width of the shoulders.  
[Footnote: See Pl. XVI, No. 1.]  
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36.  
--Top of the chin--hip--the insertion of the middle finger. The end  
of the calf of the leg on the inside of the thigh.--The end of the  
swelling of the shin bone of the leg. [6] The smallest thickness of  
the leg goes 3 times into the thigh seen in front.  
[
Footnote: See Pl. XVII, No. 2, middle sketch.]  
The relative proportions of the torso and of the foot.  
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37.  
The torso a b in its thinnest part measures a foot; and from a  
to b is 2 feet, which makes two squares to the seat--its thinnest  
part goes 3 times into the length, thus making 3 squares.  
[
Footnote: See Pl, VII, No. 2, the lower sketch.]  
The proportions of the whole figure (338-341).  
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