Alberti, Leon Battista, L' architettura

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[165.] COSE PIV NOTABILI.
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[166.] TAVOLA DELLE
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[170.] REGISTRO. ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTVXYZ, AA BB CC DD. Tutti ſono Quaderni, eccetto D D, ch’è Terno. In Venetia, Appreſſo Franceſco de’ Franceſchi, Seneſe. MDLXV.
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            tempo per la gran copia de le coſe, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7665" xml:space="preserve">per la abbondanza de lo otio, poi che e'
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            conſiderarono ſe, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7666" xml:space="preserve">le coſe loro: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7667" xml:space="preserve">le ricchezze, la Maieſtà de lo Imperio, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7668" xml:space="preserve">la
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            grandezza, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7669" xml:space="preserve">che e' ſi accorſero che egli haueuano biſogno di caſamenti mag-
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            giori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7670" xml:space="preserve">di'|piu adorne mura. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7671" xml:space="preserve">Cominciarono ad andar dietro, @& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7672" xml:space="preserve">a raccorre tut-
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            te quelle coſe, che a ciò faceſsino a propoſito, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7673" xml:space="preserve">accioche e' poteſsino hauer
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            maggiori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7674" xml:space="preserve">piu honorati edificij, ſi preſono per uſanza di por le coperture cõ
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            legni grandiſsimi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7675" xml:space="preserve">di fare le mura di pietre nobili. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7676" xml:space="preserve">Vn coſi fatto lauoro di-
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            moſtrò grandezza & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7677" xml:space="preserve">marauiglia, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7678" xml:space="preserve">apparſe molto gratioſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7679" xml:space="preserve">Et dipoi hauen-
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            do ſentito che forſe le muraglie grandiſsime erano lodate. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7680" xml:space="preserve">Et penſando che'l
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            principale officio di vn Re fuſſe il fare quelle coſe, che non poteſsino eſſer fat-
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            te da priuati. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7681" xml:space="preserve">Dilettatiſi de la grandezza de le opere, cominciarono eſsi Re
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            a contendere infra di loro con piu ſtudio, tanto che traſcorſono inſino a la paz-
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            zia di inalzare le Piramidi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7682" xml:space="preserve">Credo ueramente che l'uſo del murare habbia por
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            to occaſione, per laquale e' ſi ſieno accorti in gran parte, che differentia ſia tra
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            l'hauer ordinato che le coſe ſi murino con uno ordine piu che con un'altro, & </s>
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            ſimilmente del numero, ſito, & </s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s7685" xml:space="preserve">impararono da queſto piglia-
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            to piacere de le coſe piu gratioſe, a laſciare ſtare le meno gratiate. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7686" xml:space="preserve">Succeſſe di
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            poi la Grecia, laquale fiorendo di buoni ingeni, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7687" xml:space="preserve">di huomini eruditi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7688" xml:space="preserve">arden-
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            do di deſiderio di farſi addorna, cominciò a fare sì le altre coſe, sì principalmen
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            te il Tempio. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7689" xml:space="preserve">Et di quì cominciò a guardare le opere de gli Aſsirij, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7690" xml:space="preserve">de
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            gli Egittij con piu diligentia, fino a tanto che ella conobbe che in ſimili coſe ſi
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            lodaua piu la mano de gli arteſici, che le ricchezze regali: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7691" xml:space="preserve">Concioſia che le coſe
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            grandi poſſono eſſere fatte da Ricchi: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7692" xml:space="preserve">Ma quelle coſe, che non ſieno biaſima-
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            te ſon ueramente fatte da gli ingegnoſi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7693" xml:space="preserve">da quelli, che meritano d'eſſer loda-
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            ti. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7694" xml:space="preserve">Et per queſto la Grecia ſi pensò che ſe le doueſſe appartenere, che preſo
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            tale aſſunto, ella haueſſe a sforzarſi, poi che ella non poteua equipararſi a le ric
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            chezze di coloro, almanco di ſuperargli per quanto ella poteua di prontezza
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            d'ingegno. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7695" xml:space="preserve">Et cominciò ſi come tutte le altre arti coſi ancora a ricercare que-
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            ſta de lo edificare dal grèmbo de la natura, & </s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s7697" xml:space="preserve">a maneggiarla,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7698" xml:space="preserve">a conoſcerla tutta, conſiderandola, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7699" xml:space="preserve">contrapeſandola con ſagace induſtria,
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            & </s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s7701" xml:space="preserve">Nèlaſciò coſa alcuna in dietro in ricercare che differentia fuſſe
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            inſra gli edificij lodati, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7702" xml:space="preserve">inſra i meno lodati. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7703" xml:space="preserve">Ella tentò ogni coſa, andando,
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            riueggendo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7704" xml:space="preserve">repetendo le pedate de la Natura, meſcolando le coſe pari a le
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            impari, le diritte a le torte, le aperte a le piu oſcure, conſideraua innãzi, quaſi co-
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            me che e' doueſſe de la congiuntione inſieme del maſchio, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7705" xml:space="preserve">de la femina reſul-
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            tare un certo che di terzo, che deſsi di ſe ſperanza, da ſtar bene, per il deſtinato
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            oſſicio. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7706" xml:space="preserve">Ne reſtò ancora ne le coſe minutiſsime di cõſiderare piu, e piuvolte tutte
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            le parti, in che modo ſteſsino bene le da deſtra con quelle da la ſiniſtra, le ritte
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            con quelle da addiacere, le uicine con le lontane, aggiunſe, leuò uia, ragguagliò
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            le maggiori a le minori, le ſimili a le diſsimili, le prime a le ultime, fino a tanto
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            che ella dimoſtrò chiaramente, che altra coſa ſi lodaua in quelli edificij, che haue
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            uano a inuecchiare, poſti come per ſtare ſempre eterni, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7707" xml:space="preserve">altra in quelli', che ſi
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            fabbricauano come che nõ haueſsino a ſeruire quaſi a coſa alcuna, ne fatti ꝑ
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            alcu
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            na grãdezza, o maieſtà. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7708" xml:space="preserve">Queſte coſe feciono i Greci. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7709" xml:space="preserve">La Italia in que' ſuoi </s>
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