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Michael Angelo Buonarroti

CHAPTER XI
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He has suffered much for several years in the passing of urine, which trouble would have turned into a stone if he had not been relieved by the care and diligence of the before-mentioned Messer Realdo.
Michael Angelo has always had a good colour in his face; he is of middle height; he is broad shouldered, with the rest of the body in proportion, rather slight than not.

The shape of his skull in front is round; the height above the ear is a sixth part of the circumference round the middle of the head, so that the temples project somewhat beyond the ears, and the ears beyond the cheek-bones, and the cheek-bones beyond the rest of the face; the skull in proportion to the face must be called large.

The front view of the forehead is square, the nose a little flattened, not naturally, but because when he was a boy, one Torrigiano, a brutal and proud fellow, with a blow almost broke the cartilage, so that Michael Angelo was carried home as one dead; for this Torrigiano was banished from Florence, and he came to a bad end.( 58) Michael Angelo's nose, such as it is, is in proportion to the forehead and the rest of the face.

His lips are mobile, the lower one somewhat the thicker, so that seen in profile it sticks out a little.

The chin goes well with the above-mentioned parts.
The forehead in profile is almost in front of the nose, which is little less than broken, except for a small lump in the middle.


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