MAETVOEGHELICKHEYD (n. f.)

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In Vitruvius wordt het woord Symmetria schier overal Commensus gheheeten, dat is een afmetinghe, ofte maetvoeghelickheyd, ofte ghelijck-maetigheydt.

[Suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] In Vitruvius the word Symmetria is almost everywhere called Commensus, that is: measurement, or proportion or uniformity.

Junius mentions that Vitruvius used the term Commensus instead of Symmetria, he then clarifies this term with equivalent words in Dutch: measurement (afmeting), maetvoeghelickheyd (proportion, cfr. WESTSTEIJN 2016, p. 373 for this translation) and uniformity (gelijkmatigheid). Indeed, it is still difficult to translate these terms to English. [MO]

gelijkmatigheid · commensus · symmetria · afmetinghe

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L’HISTOIRE ET LA FIGURE → proportion