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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            ſed habet utiliſſimam tractabilitatem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1490" xml:space="preserve">Itaque Graeci, quod ex ea materia
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            juga jumentis comparant, quod apud eos juga ζυγὰ vocitantur, item et
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            eam ζυγείαυ appellant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1491" xml:space="preserve">Non minus eſt admirandum de cupreſſu et pi-
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            nu, quod eae habentes humoris abundantiam, aequamque ceterorum
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            mixtionem, propter humoris ſatietatem in operibus ſolent eſſe pandae;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1492" xml:space="preserve">ſed in vetuſtatem ſine vitiis conſervantur, quod is liquor, qui ineſt pe-
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            nitus in corporibus earum, habet amarum ſaporem, qui propter acritu-
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            dinem non patitur penetrare cariem, neque eas beſtiolas, quae ſunt no-
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            centes. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1493" xml:space="preserve">Ideoque quae ex his generibus opera conſtituuntur, permanent
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            ad aeternam diuturnitatem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1494" xml:space="preserve">Item cedrus et juniperus easdem habent
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            virtutes et utilitates; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1495" xml:space="preserve">ſed quemadmodum ex cupreſſu et pinu reſina, ſic
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            ex cedro oleum, quod cedreum dicitur, naſcitur, quo reliquae res cum
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            ſunt unctae, (uti etiam libri) a tineis et a carie non laeduntur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1496" xml:space="preserve">Arboris autem ejus ſunt ſimiles, cupreſſeae foliaturae, materies vena directa.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1497" xml:space="preserve">Epheſi in aede, ſimulacrum Dianae et etiam lacunaria ex ea, et ibi et in
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            ceteris nobilibus fanis, propter aeternitatem ſunt facta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1498" xml:space="preserve">Naſcuntur au-
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            tem hae arbores maxime Cretae et Africae et nonnullis Syriae re-
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            gionibus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1499" xml:space="preserve">Larix vero, qui non eſt notus niſi his municipibus, qui ſunt
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            circa ripam fluminis Padi et littora maris Adriatici, non ſolum ob ſuc-
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            ci vehementem amaritatem ab carie aut a tinea non nocetur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1500" xml:space="preserve">ſed etiam
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            ſlammam ex igni non recipit, nec ipſe per ſe poteſt ardere, niſi (uti ſa-
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            xum in fornace ad calcem coquendam) aliis lignis uratur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1501" xml:space="preserve">nec tamen
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            tunc flammam recipit, nec carbonem remittit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1502" xml:space="preserve">ſed longo ſpatio tarde com-
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            buritur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1503" xml:space="preserve">quod eſt minima ignis et aëris e principiis temperatura; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1504" xml:space="preserve">hu-
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            more autem et terreno eſt materia ſpiſſe ſolidata, et non habens ſpa- tia foraminum, quo poſſit ignis penetrare, rejicitque ejus vim, nec pati-
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              <note symbol="4)" position="foot" xlink:label="note-0079-01" xlink:href="note-0079-01a" xml:space="preserve">Al. arbores.</note>
              <note symbol="5)" position="foot" xlink:label="note-0079-02" xlink:href="note-0079-02a" xml:space="preserve">Sic Cod. ms.</note>
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