The text discusses the proportions of the human body in terms of measurement. It mentions that the length of the foot is approximately the height of the head. Additionally, it describes how the face is measured as seven-eighths of the head's height, and how other facial measurements relate to the total body length.
From the square; therefore, the longest right finger reaches the opposite extreme side.
Furthermore, the length of the foot, from the heel to the toes, is approximately the height of the head, although some consider it slightly larger or smaller.
Additionally, concerning the measurement of faces: A face is considered to be the height of seven-eighths of the head, as shown in Plate No. 1, by deducting one-eighth from the top of the entire head; thus the forehead is included as part of the face, as it certainly belongs there, although many only consider the face up to half of the forehead, following the antiques that usually let the hair fall to the middle of the forehead or to the forehead band, which many assign to; however, it can be suitably drawn as the forehead, by raising it to the place where the hair begins to grow.
Further, the extremes between the fingers, as previously mentioned, make up the total length of the body, which also matches 9 such faces; for each arm being four faces in length, there remains one and one-third of a face.
From the edge of the square, and so the longest finger on the right hand extends to the opposite end.
Additionally, the length of the foot, from the heel to the end of the toes, is about the height of the head; some have it slightly bigger, and others a bit smaller.
Secondly, in relation to the measurement for Faces. One assumes that a face is seven-eighths the height of the Head, as you can see in Plate No. 1, by taking an eighth part off the top of the Head, in this way the forehead is considered part of the face, to which it certainly belongs, although several do not take the face beyond the halfway of the Forehead, imitating the Ancients, who typically let the hair fall halfway down the forehead, or up to the forehead band, which they attribute to several, who nonetheless can rightfully count for the forehead, raising it up to the spot where the hair starts to grow.
Additionally, the extremities between the fingers have, as mentioned above, the length of the whole Body, which also amounts to 9; Similar Faces; as each arm is as long as four faces, leaving one and one-third, of two-thirds on each side of the dimple of the throat.