Braccia
an old Italian unit of length, usually about 26 or 27 inches (66 or 68 cm), but varying between 18 and 28 inches (46 and 71 cm).
Historical Examples
Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Robert Browning
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Giorgio Vasari
Essays sthetical George Calvert
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Giorgio Vasari
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Giorgio Vasari
Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Giorgio Vasari
The Mind of the Artist Various
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Giorgio Vasari
The Greville Memoirs Charles C. F. Greville
The Mind of the Artist Various
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