Albrecht Dürer's Description of Human Proportion

The First Book.

Scapula original: "Schepl.", referring to the shoulder blade.
Back vertebra refers to the prominent seventh cervical vertebra at the base of the neck.
Forehead.

Eyebrows /
Nose /
Chin.
Height of the shoulders /
Height of the hollow of the neck / suprasternal notch: the visible dip at the base of the neck between the collarbones
Of the chest /
Of the armpits /
Nipples /
Under the breasts.
In the soft part of the waist / the navel / start of the hips.
End of the hips /
At the pubic region.

End of the pubic region /
End of the buttocks or the separation literally "open thickness" of the legs.
Above the knee /
Middle of the knee / under the knee /
End of the outer calves /
End of the inner calves /

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Height of the weight-bearing point on the foot /
End of the ankles /
Soles of the feet.

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