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the Destreza Glossary
P - Perfil
Dictionary:
Academia Autoridades (O-R), 1737
Perfil. s.m. Lo último de
la figura que se comprehende con un hilo imaginario, dentro del qual se contiene
todo lo demás. Es formado de la preposicion Per, y de la voz Latina
Filum, i. Lat. Extrema linea figura vel corporis. Palom. Mus.
Pict. lib.I. cap.4. S.3. Si el que mira se mueve, aunque el objéto esté
immobile, se altera el perfil: pues si ahora le miraba de frente, despues
le mira de costado, y ofrece diferentes contornos.
Silhouette. s.m. The edges of the figure that is enclosed with an imaginary line, inside of which is contained everything else. It is formed from the preposition Per, and the Latin word Filum, i. Lat. Extrema linea figura vel corporis. Palom. Mus. Pict. lib.I. cap.4. S.3. If the one that is looking moves, even though the object is immobile, the silhouette is altered: thus if now one looks at it from the front, later one looks at it from the side, and it offers different contornos.
Perfil. Es la delincacion de la superficie de qualquier cuerpo, segun su latitúd y altúra: ò aquella figura que quedaria en la sección, ò corte que formaria un plano que cortasse de arriba abaxo un edificio. Llámase tambien Orthographía geométrica. Tosc.tom.5.pl.257. y tom.6.pl.135.
Outline. It is the delineation of the surface of whatever body, according to its latitude and height: or that figure that would remain in the section, or corte that would form a plane that cuts from above down a building. It is also called geometric Orthography. Tosc. tom.5. pl.257. y tom.6. pl.135.
Perfil. Se llama assimismo la postura que se hace con el cuerpo, ladeandole enteramente. Lat. Corporis obliqus position. Quev. Tac. cap.10. Daba un salto y decia: Con este compás gano los grados del perfil.
Profile. It refers to asimismo the posture [positioning] that one makes with the body, ladeandole completely. Lat. Corporis obliqus position. Quev. Tac. cap.10. He gave a jump and said: With this compass I gain the degrees of the profile.
Perfil obliquo. El que se erige sobre planos ò suelos inclinados, ò se termina en los mismos: somo sucede en las escaléras. Tosc.tom.5.pl.67. Lat. Orthographia vel Sciographia obliqua.
Oblique profile [silhouette]. He [it] that se erige over [above] inclined planes and floors, or that ends in the same: as happens in stairs. Tosc. tom.5. pl.67. Lat. Orthographia vel Sciographia obliqua.
Perfil recto. En la Architectura es el que se eríge sobre planos horizontals, y se termina en ellos, formando ángulo rectos, tanto en el que les sirve de planta, como en el que los cierra por arriba. Tosc.tom.5. pl.67. Lat. Orthographia vel Sciographia recta.
Straight profile [silhouette]. In Architecture it is that which se erige over [above] horizontal planes and ends in them, forming right angles, as much in that which serves them as a ground floor, as in that which closes them up above. Tosc. tom.5. pl.67. Lat. Orthographia vel Sciographia recta.
Medio perfil. La postúra del cuerpo ù figúra, que no está enteramente ladeada. Lat. Corporis position feré obliqua.
Half profile. The positioning [posture] of the body or figure, that is not completely [entirely] ladeado. Lat. Corporis position feré obliqua.
Glossary: Compendio de la Filosofía y Destreza de las armas de Geronimo de Carranza por Don Luis Pacheco de Narvaez
60. Perfil, es la poftura del cuerpo, buena o mala fin confiderarlo con la efpada.
Profile, is the positioning of the body, good or bad without considering it with the sword.
65. Perfil, toca a la postura del cuerpo, fin que la efpada pueda obrar.
Profile, refers to the body's positioning, without which the sword cannot work.
