Note 211 — Chapter I · ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE.

I interpret this to mean that he made measurements with a view to regulating the subsequent wax coat which was in the end to be replaced by the bronze. Brinckman interprets it otherwise; according to him the meaning would be that because of the shrinkage Cellini gave the figure another coat of clay, but this appears to me to imply a misunderstanding of the process. See also, Symonds’ interpretation of this method in the ‘Vita.’