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COMenring some of the more striking rlmrarteriv. 

 several ol' the oilier animals in Professor Cam|x.-i\ wmk 

 already no; 



Tin- ancients, according to Vitruvius, divided the hu- 

 man hotly into eight heads, or ten faces. The I. 

 reckoned from the top of the forehead at the root of the 

 hairs, to the bottom of the chin ; the head from the < 

 to the same place. In n well-proportioned man, whoso 

 arms are stretched out, the distance between the extre- 

 mities of the fingers of the right and left hands, should 

 be equal to his height, his figure therefore m.iy be in- 

 rc. The proportion of the female fijiure 

 was formed about one liux- shorter than that of the ; 

 but it differs from the male more in form than stature. 

 The shoulders are narrower, more rounded and softened 

 than in the male; the chest is more convex, the breasts 

 more elevated, the abdomen more prominent, the loins 

 longer, and the limbs proportionally shortei ; the pelvis 



is broader, and consequently the thiph bones more dis- 

 tant from each other, and inclining inwards with a ia|>ui 

 slo|ie as they descend. The tecl and hands smaller, 

 dimpled, and more delicately turned ; mul on tin- whole, 

 the abrupt turnings and projections ol'lhe muscles, Hindi, 

 in the male, are the mark of his siipeiior strength and 

 energy, arc, in the fern:'.!' I mid smoothed into 



of the iiln n-y. 



\\V ha\c extracted IIOK Vd / Prinripi 



del Discgno, published at Home l>v Volpnto and M >ighen, 

 the following measurements of the three prim-ii/id statues 

 of antiquity, which, for the sake of more easy comparison, 

 we have reduce,! to a tubular form : they will give n more 

 jwrfcct idea of the proportions adopted by the ancients, 

 and the distinctions between the male and female charac- 

 ters. In order to preserve uniformity in the mcasnic- 

 mcnts, the head of cadi figuie is divided into twelve 

 parts, and each pait into six minutes. 



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From the beginning of the head to the root of the hairs 



From the root of tiie hairs to the eyebrows, or beginning of the nose 



From the eyebrows to the end of the nose 



From the end of the nose to the bottom of the chin 



From the chin to the articulation of the clavicle with the sternum 



From the clavicle to the end of the breast 



From the end of the breast to the middle of the umbilicus 



From the umbilicus to the symphysis pubis 



From the symphysis puhis to the middle of the patella 



From the middle of the patella to the beginning of the flank 



From the same to the swell of the foot 



From the swell of the foot to the end of the figure, or to the ground 



From the patella to the ground 



From the patella to the end of the heel of the right leg 



The length of the sole of the foot 



The highest part of the foot from the ground 



From the instep to the end of the toes 



From the clavicle or collar bone to the beginning of the deltoid muscle 



The length of the whole clavicle on the right side 



From the clavicle to the nipple 



From one end of the breasts to the oilier 



The greatest breadth of the trunk, taken a little below the beginning of the thorax 



The breadth of the trunk from the end of the breast 



The narrowest part of the same, taken at the beginning of the flank 



The greatest breadth of the ossa ilci, where the flanks project most 



From the highest part of the deltoid muscle to the end of the biceps 



From the beginning of the os humeri to the cubit 



Friim the end of the biceps to the beginning of the hand 



The greatest breadth of the fore-arm in front 



The greatest breadth of the arm in front 



Breadth of the pulse of the nrm in front 



The greatest breadth from one trochnntcr to the other 



The greatest breadth of the thigh in front 



The greatest breadth of the left thigh 



The greatest breadth of the knee ojip.witc the middle of the patella 



The greatest breadth of the calf of the leg 



The irreatest breadth between the inner and outer ankle 



The narrowest part of the foot 



The In oi> lest part of the same 



the last vertebra of the neck to the I .un ]>:ut of the os sacrum 



i i the end of the os sacrum to the end of the gluUiiis 



the end of the gluta-us to the beginning trocncmius muscle . . . . 

 From the beg. lining of the gastrocncmius to the end of the figure . 



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