Late 1st cent. BC

Vitr. 1.2.3

The Ten Books on Architecture 1.2.3

Author
Vitruvius
Translator
Joseph Gwilt

The Ten Books on Architecture

1.2.3

Vitruvius

translated by Joseph Gwilt

3Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.