Four Books on Human Proportion

Signature C 2

This page consists of a series of woodcut anatomical diagrams illustrating the proportions of the human body, a hallmark of Renaissance artistic theory (most likely by Albrecht Dürer). The figures are annotated with numbers and symbols ("and") to denote precise measurements and ratios. These numbers refer to the fractions of the total body height described in the text.

Profile View (Left)

• Head/Neck: 19, 8, 9, 10, 16
• Shoulder: 12, A
• Arm: 7
• Vertical Scale: 5, 4
• Torso/Hip Area: 14 and 15, 16 and 17, 17 and 18, 8, A 7
• Leg and Foot: 2/15, 9, 19 and 20, 14, A 15, 16, 13, 17, B
• Base Measurement: 6

Arm Detail (Center)

• Shoulder to Hand: A, 13, 17, 24, 22, 20/34, 10

Frontal View (Right)

• Head and Face: 9, 10, 2, 17, 12, 16
• Torso and Pelvis: 6, 11 and 12, 4, 6, 2/13, 6, 14 and 15, 10 and 11
• Right Arm (Extended): 24, 26, 19, 30/16
• Legs and Feet: 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 15, 20, 32, 27, B
• Base Measurement: 16

The letters 'A' and 'B' likely mark the points of the "greatest" and "least" widths or serve as reference points for the measuring line anthropometry (the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body).