Vitruvius
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De architectura libri decem
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1567
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eſſe uitium non negant, quod perfacile ad ſe flammis admittat, atque ignibus infenſa ſit. </
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atque inſtituta in ſacris ponendas cenſebat tabulis cupreſſinis, quod fut uras forte æterniores putabat, quàm
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preſſeas in templo epheſiæ Dianæ annos duraſſe quadring entos teſtantur, & </
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tur, ubi hominum manus iniuriam rapiendo argento, quo olim fuerunt ueſtitæ, non intuliſſent, ſolidas, & </
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tegerrimas annos plus quingentos quinquaginta perduraſſe: </
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interpretamur, tot ab Adriani tertij Pontificis temporibus, qui eas poſuit ad quartum Eugenium ſunt. </
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que contignationibus faciendis abietem probant: </
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pondus reniti putant. </
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ditur minus, quo eſt pinus quidem ſucco, quam abies dulciori: </
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equidem structurarum pondera firmiſſime, & </
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ſtis ſori operibus adnotaui. </
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bores affirmant. </
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hanc contra ignium iniurias inuictam, & </
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ſus, unde ignium aduentitium malum extimeſcas iubent: </
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flammas dedignari, easq́; </
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ponderi, & </
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tionum uſus utilia non ſunt, uti eſt olea, & </
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aſſeuerant, contra ſuper impoſitum pondus reniti, & </
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tecturis iuniperum omnibus præferunt, & </
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Tum & </
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neam quidem, tametſi pandat, & </
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ſant: </
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putant materiem omnem, quæ dulci ſit ſucco prædita, & </
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oleam, & </
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ad uetuſtatem affirmat Vitr. </
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ra ualuarum, lectorü, menſarum, ſubſelliorum, & </
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montem excreſcat. </
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& </
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in tenuiſſimas ſecari laminas. </
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Iuglans, quòd facile frangatur, ulmus, fraxinusq́;</
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obedientiſsimam eſſe omnium in opere affirmant ſraxinum: </
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monitis celebratiorem; </
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ſeritijs operibus admodum habilis, & </
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nigreſcat uetuſtate indi
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es, & </
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ce, buxove vlmum quod rigorem firmiſſime aſſeruet, ideo portarum cardinibus utilem ducunt, ſed permutari
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iubent oportere, ut ſit radix ſuperior inuerſo cacumine. </
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">clauiculis cornum comprobant. </
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s
xml:id
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xml:space
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">Gradus ad ſcalas orno, atque. </
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s
xml:id
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echoid-s6686
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">acere ponebant: </
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>
<
s
xml:id
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echoid-s6687
"
xml:space
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">pinus, picea, vlmus
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note
position
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xlink:label
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xlink:href
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">50</
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ad aquarum ductus intercauabantur. </
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xml:id
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echoid-s6688
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xml:space
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">Sedhaſce niſi terra contegas, ociſſime ſeneſcere aſſeuerant. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
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echoid-s6689
"
xml:space
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">Cæterum or-
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lb
/>
nandis ædibus laricem fæminam, quæ colore ſimilis est meli, compertum habent in tabellis pictorum eſſe im-
<
lb
/>
mortalem, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6690
"
xml:space
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">nullis rimis fißilem. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6691
"
xml:space
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">Præterea quia ei nerui non inſint tractim, ſed cæſim: </
s
>
<
s
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echoid-s6692
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">iccirco ad ſimulachra
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lb
/>
Deorum efficienda utebantur: </
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<
s
xml:id
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echoid-s6693
"
xml:space
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">tum & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6694
"
xml:space
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">utebantur loto, ac buxo, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6695
"
xml:space
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">cedro, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6696
"
xml:space
="
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">item cupreſſo, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6697
"
xml:space
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">craßiore olex-
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lb
/>
rum radice. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6698
"
xml:space
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">Aegyptiaq́; </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6699
"
xml:space
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">perſica, quam eſſe loto ſimilem referunt. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6700
"
xml:space
="
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">Torno autem ſi quid terete reddidiſſe opus
<
lb
/>
erat fago, moro, terebintbo, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6701
"
xml:space
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">in primis buxo omnium ſpiſſiſſima. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6702
"
xml:space
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">& </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6703
"
xml:space
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">egregie tornatili, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6704
"
xml:space
="
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">ebano omnium gra-
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lb
/>
cillima utebantur. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6705
"
xml:space
="
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">Neque ſignis, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6706
"
xml:space
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">tabulis efficiundis aſpernabantur populum albam, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6707
"
xml:space
="
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">item nigram, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6708
"
xml:space
="
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">
<
lb
/>
ſalicem, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6709
"
xml:space
="
preserve
">carpinum, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6710
"
xml:space
="
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">ſorbum, ſambucum, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6711
"
xml:space
="
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">ficum, quæ arbores cum ſiccitate, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6712
"
xml:space
="
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">æquabilitate ad exci-
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lb
/>
pienda, ſeruandaq́; </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6713
"
xml:space
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">pictorum glutinamenta & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6714
"
xml:space
="
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">illinimenta utiles ſunt. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6715
"
xml:space
="
preserve
">Tum ad formas exprimendas ductibi-
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lb
/>
les quidem atque admodum faciles. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6716
"
xml:space
="
preserve
">veruminter haſce omnium mollißimam extare tiliam in promptu eſt.
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lb
/>
</
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6717
"
xml:space
="
preserve
">Sunt qui ad ſigna conſicienda iuiubam comprobant. </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6718
"
xml:space
="
preserve
">His contraria eſt robur, quandoquidem inter ſe, & </
s
>
<
s
xml:id
="
echoid-s6719
"
xml:space
="
preserve
">cum
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lb
/>
<
note
position
="
left
"
xlink:label
="
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xlink:href
="
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"
xml:space
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">60</
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>
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