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VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 341.
VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 341.
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VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 341.

341.

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 below the shoulder-blade is one foot.

The greatest thickness of a man from the breast to the spine is one 8th of his height and is equal to the space between the bottom of the chin and the top of the head.

The greatest width is at the shoulders and goes 4.

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