Chap. CCCLXII.—On the Measurement and Division of Statues into Parts.
Divide the head into twelve parts, each part into twelve degrees, each degree into twelve minutes, and these minutes into seconds[1].
- ↑ This may be a good method of dividing the figure for the purpose of reducing from large to small, or vice versâ; but it not being the method generally used by the painters for measuring their figures, as being too minute, this chapter was not introduced amongst those of general proportions.