Alberti, Leon Battista, L' architettura

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            abondantia. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9899" xml:space="preserve">Sonci alcune altre ſorte di adornamenti non ſtabili con iquali ſi
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            adorna & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9900" xml:space="preserve">honora il ſacrificio. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9901" xml:space="preserve">Soncene ancora di quelli con iquali ſi adorn a
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            ancora il Tempio, l'ordine de' quali ſi appartiene a l'architettore, Et ſi cerca qual
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            ſia piu bella coſa di tutte queſte, o un luogo doue concorrino molte ſtrade, pie-
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            no di una ſcherzante giouentù, o un Mare pieno di Nauilij, o una campagna pie-
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            na di ſoldati armati, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9902" xml:space="preserve">di inſegne uincitrici, o una piazza piena di uecchi padri
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            togati & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9903" xml:space="preserve">ſimili, o un tempio lieto per la quantità & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9904" xml:space="preserve">allegrezza di molti lunii.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s9905" xml:space="preserve">Ma io certo uorrei che nel Tempio i lumi hauesſino una certa maieſtà, laquale
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            in queſte piccole ſcintille de lumi, che hoggidì noi uſiam o non ſi ritruoua. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9906" xml:space="preserve">Ha-
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            ranno certo gran leggia dria, io non lo niego, ſe ſi accommoderanno con qual-
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            che ordine di linee, ſe la lampane ſi diſtenderanno ſecondo gli ordini dele cor-
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            nici. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9907" xml:space="preserve">Ma a me piaceuano aſſai gli antichi, che ſopra i candellieri metteuano al-
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            cune baccinelle alquanto grandotte piene di odorifere fiamme. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9908" xml:space="preserve">Diuideuano
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            in ſette parti la lunghezza de candellieri, due de lequali ne aſſegnauano a la ba-
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            ſa, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9909" xml:space="preserve">era la baſa triangolare piu lunga che larga *
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9910" xml:space="preserve">da piede era piu larga che da
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            capo *
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            il fuſo del candelliere ſi rizza in alto con uaſi ſtrozzati nel collo poſti l'u-
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            no ſopra l'altro, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9911" xml:space="preserve">in cima ui ſi metteua una tazza concaua piena di gomme & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9912" xml:space="preserve">di
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            legni odoriferi, Trouaſi ſcritto quanto balſamo per ordine del principe ſi ardeſ-
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            ſe per ciaſcun giorno ſolenne in Roma ne le chieſe principali a ſpeſe del publi-
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            co, che furono libre cinquecento ottanta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9913" xml:space="preserve">Et queſto baſti de Candellieri.
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            Hora uegniamo a le altre coſe, con lequali ſi adorna eccellentemente il Tempio.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s9915" xml:space="preserve">Io ho letto che Gige donò al Tempio d'Apolline Pithio ſei tazze d'oro masſic-
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            cio, che peſauano libre trentamilia, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9916" xml:space="preserve">appreſſo a Delfo eſſere ſtati uaſi d'oro maſ-
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            ſiccio & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9917" xml:space="preserve">d'argento, ciaſcun de quali ten eua ſei anfore & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9918" xml:space="preserve">ui furono alcuni, che ſti-
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            marono piu l'inuentione, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9919" xml:space="preserve">la fattura, che non ſtimarono l'oro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9920" xml:space="preserve">Appreſſo a Sa-
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            mij nel Tempio di Iunone dicono che ui fu una tazza intagliatoui all'intorno
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            certe figurette di ferro, laquale già gli Spartiani haueano mandata a preſentare a
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            Creſo, tanto grande, che ten eua trecento an fore, cioè 135 oc. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9921" xml:space="preserve">libre. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9922" xml:space="preserve">Ho troua-
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            to ancora che i Samij mandarono già a donare a Delfo un uaſo di ferro, nelquale
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            erano intagliate con artificio grandisſimo certe teſte d'animali, ilquale era retto
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            da certe ftatue alte ſette cubiti, cioè braccia cinque & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9923" xml:space="preserve">un quarto, che ginocchioni
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            lo ſoſteneuano. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9924" xml:space="preserve">Marauiglioſo certo fu quel che fece il Sannitico Egittio al
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            Tempio del Dio Api, ornatisſimo di uarie colonne, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9925" xml:space="preserve">di uarie ſtatue, nelquale
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            era la immagine del Dio Api, che continouamente ſi uolgeua, a ſguardare uerſo
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            il Sole, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9926" xml:space="preserve">quella ancora fu coſa marauiglioſa che la freccia di Cupido nel Tempio
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            di Diana in Efeſo, ſtaua ſoſpeſa ſenza eſſere legata in alcuno luogo con legame
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            alcuno. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9927" xml:space="preserve">Neſo io che mi dire di sì fatte coſe, ſe non che elle ſi debbono por-
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            re in luoghi condecenti, di maniera che elle ſieno guardate con marauiglia, & </s>
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            con Reuerenza.</s>
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