Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              Enſis ha­
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              ſtatus.</s>
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              LIBER DECIMVSSEPTIMVS.
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              De artibus, artificioſiſque
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              rebus.
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              Artes nuper
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              inuentæ.</s>
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              <s id="s.011423">NONNE inter cætera rerum in­
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              uenta admiratione primum
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              digna eſt ratio nauticæ pyxi­
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              dis, qua tot ſulcantur maria,
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              creditur profundo pelagi, &
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              vaſtitati aquarum, & ventorum turbini
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              ſalus toc hominum, tam ingentes pecuniæ,
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              ipſorum denique vita Principum, vaſculo
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              tam paruo, virgulæque, imò acui modicæ?
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              <s id="s.011424">Nec ſolùm ſufficiat, hæc credidiſſe, niſi etiam
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              ea nos dirigat ac doceat, lapiſque ſenſus ex­
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              pers tot viris ſapientiſſimis oculatis atque
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              auritis præſtet. </s>
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              <s id="s.011425">Proxima laus poſſet concedi tormento­
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              rum bellicorum inuentioni, niſi ad damna
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              humani generis potius, quàm ad vtilitatem
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              inuenta videretur, vnde etiam execrabile in­
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              uentoris nomen. </s>
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              <s id="s.011426">Cui ſuccedit mira illa typis excudendo­
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              rum librorum ars nulli poſt primam nec
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              vtilitate, nec dignitate, nec ſubtilitate ſe­
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              cunda, quæ etiam ſi primo loco ſtatuatur,
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              rectè factum credamus. </s>
              <s id="s.011427">His tribus tota an­
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              tiquitas nihil par habet. </s>
              <s id="s.011428">Mitto reliqua huius
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              ætatis inuenta mira, ſed quæ acceſſionem
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              faciant veteribus artibus potius, quàm proa­
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              uorum ingenia ſuperent. </s>
              <s id="s.011429">Hæc ſi velim enu­
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              merare, totus liber non ſufficiat, ſed pro
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              exemplo aliqua ſubiiciam. </s>
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              <s id="s.011430">Fornices in ædibus: nolas in templis:
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              ſtapedes in ephippiis: molas in horologiis:
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              candidarum linearum diſtinctionem in vi­
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              tro: formam & celeritatem excudendi in
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              aureis nummis: rotam qua fila plurima ſi­
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              mul nentur, ſuppreſſam conſultò Venetiis,
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              vt pauperum muliercularum vitæ ac earum
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              filiis conſulatur. </s>
              <s id="s.011431">Quæ etiam in vſum longo
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              interuallo temporum deſita, vt Quinquere­
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              mium ſtructura, & Chryſocollæ compoſitio.
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              <s id="s.011432">Et thoracum Thracium ſtructura, cuius in
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              Atticis tanquam de re præſentente atque
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              exactè nota meminit Pauſanias: Cum Sau­
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              romatæ (inquit) ferro carerent, nec emere,
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              aut commutando illud habere
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              ,
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                darent</expan>
              autem equis, illorum vngulas cùm
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              mortui eſſent collectas, ac repurgatas, in
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              bracteas ſecabant: inde neruis equorum, aut
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              boum in formam ſquamoſi corij ſerpentis
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              conſuebant: atque ita, vt ſi quis non vidit,
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              fructum pinus viridis referent. </s>
              <s id="s.011433">Taleſque
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              thoraces, neque vſu, neque elegantia Atti­
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              cis, qui ferro conſtabant, vlla ex parte infe­
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              riores erant. </s>
              <s id="s.011434">Seu enim eminus iaculis, ſeu
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              cominus gladiis feriantur, optimè reſiſtunt.
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              <s id="s.011435">Vnum verò ex his in Æſculapij templo ſuſ­
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              penſum ætate ſua refert Athenis. </s>
              <s id="s.011436">In quos
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              vſus ſi nunc reſtitueretur, atque alios, mi­
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              nimè operam luſurum inuentorem exiſtima­
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              uerim. </s>
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              Thoracum
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              mirabilium
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              ſtructura.</s>
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              <s id="s.011438">Verùm artes quæ maximè illuſtrantur
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              ſubtilitate, ſunt, Pictura, ſculptura, plaſtices:
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              nam ſi vel paulò oculus elatior, aut naris
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              anguſtior, aut labium obliquius, quantum
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              impenderis operæ, tantum prorſus perdi­
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              deris. </s>
              <s id="s.011439">In ſculptura excelluerunt antiqui adeò
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              (ad Iudæos hoc referunt ) vt plus tunc ſci­
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              uerit manus, quàm nunc agnoſcat oculus.
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              <s id="s.011440">Huiuſcemodi miraculi Carneolos duos vidi
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              ignotis animalium figuris. </s>
              <s id="s.011441">Et equidem ſub­
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              tilitas ipſa prorſus decoris omnis mater eſt.
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              <s id="s.011442">Nec ſolùm decoris, ſed etiam perſæpe fir­
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              mitatis: velut in muris exacta ſtructura ad
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              perpendiculum, firmiſſimum atque æter­
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              num opus reddit: quæ ſi paululum ab ea
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              deſciueris, mirum quàm breui illos euertat. </s>
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              Artes tres,
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              quæ ſubtili­
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              tate
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                tur</expan>
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              Gemmæ ſub­
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              tiliſſimæ
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              ſculptæ.</s>
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              <s id="s.011445">Quæ verò ſolùm iuuantur, etſi non illu­
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              ſtrentur, artes ſunt, Militaris, magia, chymi­
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              ſtica, machinatoria, quæ ſub architectura
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              continetur. </s>
              <s id="s.011446">Pictura non ſolùm iuuatur, ſed
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              etîam illuſtratur. </s>
              <s id="s.011447">Eſt enim pictura, mecha­
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              nicarum omnium ſubtiliſſima eadem verò
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              & nobiliſſima. </s>
              <s id="s.011448">Nam quicquid plaſtices, aut
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              ſculptura conatur, mirabilius pictura fingit,
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              addit vmbras, & colores, & opticen ſibi
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              iungit, nouis etiam additis quibuſdam in­
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              uentionibus: nam pictorem omnia neceſſe
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              eſt ſcire, quoniam omnia imitatur. </s>
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              <s id="s.011449">Et philoſophus pictor, architectus, & diſ­
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              ſectionis artifex. </s>
              <s id="s.011450">Argumento eſt præclara il­
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              la totius humani corporis imitatio, iam plu­
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              ribus antè annis inchoata à Leonardo Vin­
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              cio Florentino, & penè abſoluta: ſed deerat
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              operi tantus artifex, ac rerum naturæ inda­
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              gator, quantus eſt Veſalius, </s>
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              <s id="s.011451">Itaque vt de artis præceptis tum plaſti­
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              ces, aliquid dicam, illud commune amba­
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              bus primò aſſumendum eſt, tum etiam cæ­
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              landi, ac ſculpendi, difficilius eſſe vtramque
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              partem faciei fingere, quàm vnam tantùm.
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              <s id="s.011452">Tripliciter enim contingit faciem exprime­
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              re, mediam, totam & ſeſquidimidiam. </s>
              <s id="s.011453">In fa­
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              cie ſumptum eſt exemplum, quia homines
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              belluis, vt belluæ plantis, & plantæ regio­
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              nibus, earumque partibus difficilius fun­
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              guntur. </s>
              <s id="s.011454">Facies autem ex hominis partibus,
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              & ex modis illius tota difficillimè exprimi­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.011455">Primùm quidem, quia generaliter
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              duplus eſt labor: inde comparatione, ſi
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              quid artifex delituit in magnitudine, nume­
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              ro, forma, colore, lituris, rugis, cauitatibus,
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              aliiſque innumeris, quæ in vnius medietatis
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              figura latebant, manifeſta facta, operis tur-</s>
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