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The text discusses the proportional width of the human body, specifically how the widest part, the belly, is measured in head lengths. It also notes that figures of Apollo and Hercules suggest that younger persons are depicted with less width than robust statues, despite having the same length proportions.
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The width should be two head lengths; and at the end of the Belly, where it is at its widest, it is given a width of 1½ heads or 6 parts.
The representations of Apollo and Hercules indicate that young people are given, in all respects, less width than strong and robust statues, although they have the same proportion in length.
Translation Notes: The term "head length" refers to a common method in artistic anatomy for measuring proportions, where the height of a head is used as a unit of measurement for other parts of the body.