The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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A man when he lies down is reduced to 1/9 of his height.  
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39.  
The opening of the ear, the joint of the shoulder, that of the hip  
and the ancle are in perpendicular lines; a n is equal to m o.  
[Footnote: See Pl. XVI, No. 2, the upper sketch.]  
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40.  
From the chin to the roots of the hair is 1/10 of the whole figure.  
From the joint of the palm of the hand to the tip of the longest  
finger is 1/10. From the chin to the top of the head 1/8; and from  
the pit of the stomach to the top of the breast is 1/6, and from the  
pit below the breast bone to the top of the head 1/4. From the chin  
to the nostrils 1/3 Part of the face, the same from the nostrils to  
the brow and from the brow to the roots of the hair, and the foot is  
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/6, the elbow 1/4, the width of the shoulders 1/4.  
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41.  
The width of the shoulders is 1/4 of the whole. From the joint of  
the shoulder to the hand is 1/3, from the parting of the lips to  
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