Four Books on Human Proportion

An anatomical diagram shows a male figure from behind to illustrate the musculoskeletal structure. To the left of the figure, a vertical measuring scale consists of several parallel lines of different lengths. These lines are marked with letters like f, g, and h, as well as numerical fractions including 1/30, 1/10, 1/40, 1/7, 1/8, 1/11, and 2/19. A column of text labels stands between the scale and the illustration. These labels indicate the specific anatomical points that correspond to the horizontal measurement lines.

Crown original: "Scheitel"
The back vertebra refers to the prominent vertebra at the base of the neck, likely C7
Forehead

Eyebrows
Nose
Chin

Height of the shoulder
Height of the pit of the throat the suprasternal notch
The breasts in this period, "prüst" referred to the chest or pectoral region for both sexes
The hollow of the armpit original: "ochssen tücklein"
Under the breasts

In the waist the soft part of the side between the ribs and hips
At the navel
The hip joint

End of the hip
At the pubic region

End of the pubic region
End of the buttocks

Indentation of the leg the curve or fold where the thigh meets the torso

Above the knee

Middle of the knee
Under the knee

End of the outer calf
End of the inner calf

Height of the instep on the foot
End of the ankle bone on the shin original: "knorren," referring to the malleolus
Sole