Vitruvius, Marci Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem : ope codicis Guelferbytani, editionis principis, ceterorumque subsidiorum recensuit, et glossario in quo vocabula artis propria Germ. Ital. Gall. et Angl. explicantur, 1800

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            runt, et ea, quae non poteſt eſſe probata ſine literatura encyclioque doctrinarum
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            omnium diſciplina. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s622" xml:space="preserve">Cum ergo et parentum cura et praeceptorum doctrinis auctas
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            haberem copias diſciplinarum, phiologis et philotechnis rebus commentariorumque
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            ſcripturis me delectans, eas poſſeſſiones animo paravi, e quibus haec eſt ſructuum
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            ſumma: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s623" xml:space="preserve">nullam plus habendi neceſſitatem eamque eſſe proprietatem divitiarum ma-
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            xime, nihil deſiderare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s624" xml:space="preserve">Sed ſorte nonnulli haec levia judicantes, putant eos eſſe tan-
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            tum ſapientes, qui pecunia ſunt copioſi: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s625" xml:space="preserve">itaque plerique ad id propoſitum contenden-
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            tes, audacia adhibita cum divitiis etiam notitiam ſunt conſecuti. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s626" xml:space="preserve">Ego autem, Caeſar,
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            non ad pecuniam parandam ex arte dedi ſtudium; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s627" xml:space="preserve">ſed potius tenuitatem cum bona
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            ſama, quam abundantiam cum inſamia ſequendam probavi: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s628" xml:space="preserve">ideo notities parum eſt
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            aſſecuta; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s629" xml:space="preserve">ſed tamen his voluminibus editis (ut ſpero) poſteris etiam ero notus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s630" xml:space="preserve">Neque
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            eſt mirandum, quod ita pluribus ſim ignotus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s631" xml:space="preserve">Ceteri architecti rogant et ambiunt,
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            ut architectentur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s632" xml:space="preserve">mihi autem a praeceptorbus eſt traditum, rogatum non rogantem
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            oportere ſuſcipere curam, quod ingenuus color movetur pudore, petendo rem ſuſpi-
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            cioſam. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s633" xml:space="preserve">Nam beneſicium dantes non accipientes ambiuntur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s634" xml:space="preserve">Quid enim putemus
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            ſuſpicari, qui rogetur de patrimonio ſumptus ſaciendos committere gratiae petentis,
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            niſi quod praedae compendiique ejus cauſa judicet ſaciendum? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s635" xml:space="preserve">Lib. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s636" xml:space="preserve">VI. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s637" xml:space="preserve">Praef.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s639" xml:space="preserve">Non minus ſummam dignitatem et venuſtatem poſſunt habere comparationes
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            Baſilicarum, quo genere Coloniae Juliae Faneſtri collocavi, curavique ſaciendam.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s640" xml:space="preserve">Lib. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s641" xml:space="preserve">V. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s642" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s643" xml:space="preserve">i.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s645" xml:space="preserve">Nec tamen eſt admirandum, ſi propter ignorantiam artis virtutes obſcurantur;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s646" xml:space="preserve">ſed maxime indignandum, cum et ſaepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris judiciis
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            ad ſalſam probationem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s647" xml:space="preserve">Ergo (uti Socrati placuit) ſi ita ſenſus et ſententiae ſcientiae-
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            que diſciplinis auctae perſpicuae et perlucidae ſuiſſent, non gratia neque ambitio vale-
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            ret; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s648" xml:space="preserve">ſed ſi qui veris certisque laboribus doctrinarum perveniſſent ad ſcientiam ſum-
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            mam, eis ultro opera traderentur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s649" xml:space="preserve">Cum autem ea non ſunt illuſtria neque apparen-
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            tia in aſpectu, ut putamus oportuiſſe; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s650" xml:space="preserve">et animadverto potius indoctos quam doctos
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            gratia ſuperare: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s651" xml:space="preserve">non eſſe certandum judicans cum indoctis ambitione, potius his prae-
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            ceptis editis oſtendam noſtrae ſcientiae virtutem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s652" xml:space="preserve">Lib. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s653" xml:space="preserve">III. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s654" xml:space="preserve">Praef.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s656" xml:space="preserve">Ego vero, Caeſar, neque alienis indicibus mutatis, interpoſito nomine meo,
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            id proſero corpus, neque ullius cogitata vituperans, inſtitui ex eo me approbare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s657" xml:space="preserve">Sed
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            omnibus ſcriptoribus inſinitas ago gratias, quod egregiis ingeniorum ſolertiis ex aevo
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            collatis abundantes aliis alio genere copias praeparaverunt, unde nos uti ſontibus hau-
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            rientes aquam, et ad propria propoſita traducentes, ſecundiores et expeditiores habe-
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            mus ad ſcribendum ſacultates, talibusque conſidentes auctoribus audemus inſtitutio-
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            nes novas comparare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s658" xml:space="preserve">Igitur tales ingreſſus eorum habens, quos ad propoſiti mei
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            rationes animadverti praeparatos, inde ſumendo progredi coepi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s659" xml:space="preserve">Lib. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s660" xml:space="preserve">VII. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s661" xml:space="preserve">Praef.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s663" xml:space="preserve">Cum – – officium vero architecti omnibus eruditionibus debeat eſſe exerci-
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            tatum, et ratio propter amplitudinem rei permittat, non juxta neceſſitatem </s>
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