Vitruvius, the architect, says in his work on architecture* that the measurements of the human body are distributed by nature as follows: 4fingers make 1 palm; 4 palms make 1 foot; 6 palms make 1 cubit; 4 cubits make a man’s height; and 4 cubits make one pace; and 24 palms make a man; and these measures he used in buildings.
