Alberti, Leon Battista, L' architettura

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[165.] COSE PIV NOTABILI.
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[166.] TAVOLA DELLE
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[168.] 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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            tacinque piedi & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10550" xml:space="preserve">in cima di ciaſcuna di eſſe era una palla di rame, dalle quali
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            pendeuano legate a certe cathene, alcune campanelle, che commoſſe dal ven-
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            to, rendeuano il ſuono molto da lontano, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10551" xml:space="preserve">ſopra coſi fatto lauoro vi erano al-
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            tre quattro Piramidi, alte cento piedi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10552" xml:space="preserve">ſopra queſte conſeguentemente delle
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            altre incredibili non pure di grandezza, ma di diſegno ancora. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10553" xml:space="preserve">Io certo non
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            lodo queſte coſe tanto prodigioſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10554" xml:space="preserve">nè accomodate a neſſuna buona vſanza. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10555" xml:space="preserve">Fù
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            lodato quel che fece Ciro, Re de Perſi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10556" xml:space="preserve">giudicato che la ſua modeſtia fuſſe da
              <lb/>
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-276-01" xlink:href="note-276-01a" xml:space="preserve">5</note>
            eſſer antepoſta a tutte le vanaglorie di ſi fatte e grãdi opere. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10557" xml:space="preserve">Percioche appreſſo
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            a Paſargadi in vn'Tempietto inuolta piccoletto fatto di pietre quadrate cõ vna
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            porticella appena di duoi piedi era rinchiuſo il corpo di Ciro, in vn'Vrna d'o-
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            ro, ſecondo che ſi richiedeua alla dignità Regale, allo intorno per tutto di que
              <lb/>
            ſto Tempietto era vn'boſchetto di tutte le ſorte di frutti, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10558" xml:space="preserve">oltra queſto vn'lar-
              <lb/>
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-276-02" xlink:href="note-276-02a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
            go prato verde, pieno di fiori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10559" xml:space="preserve">di roſe per tutto, cio che vi era pareua che ren
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            deſſe odore, letitia, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10560" xml:space="preserve">piaceuolezza, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10561" xml:space="preserve">confaceuaſi a queſte coſe lo Epitaffio
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            che vi era ſcritto, il qual diceua.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10563" xml:space="preserve">Qual tu ti ſia lettor'o di qual'parte
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            Ben ſapeua to che qui uenire doueui
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            10 ſon' quel'Ciro che gial'alto Imperio
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            Fondai de Perſi, deh non aggia inuidia
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            Ch'hor ſi poco terren'qui mi ricuopra.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10565" xml:space="preserve">Ma torniamo horamai alle Piramidi, ſono alcuni, che forſe hanno vſato di
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            fare le Piramidi di tre faccie, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10566" xml:space="preserve">gli altri tutti di quattro, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10567" xml:space="preserve">parue loro di farle
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            tanto alte quanto erano larghe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10568" xml:space="preserve">èſtato lodato colui che nel fare la Piramide
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            ha ſaputo congiugnere le pietre inſieme di maniera chele linee, o commettitu
              <lb/>
            re di quelle non riceuino ombra dal Sole, la magior'parte de gli huomini han-
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            no fatte queſte Piramidi di pietre riquadrate, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10569" xml:space="preserve">alcuni ancora di mattoni.
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            </s>
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            Le colonne alcune furono atte a ſeruirſene per li edficij come per tutto ſe ne
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            veggono aſſai. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10571" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10572" xml:space="preserve">alcune altre furono tantegrandi, che non ſon buone nè atte a
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            biſogni ciuili: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10573" xml:space="preserve">ma furono ſolamente trouate a mantenere ne poſteri la memo
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            ria delle coſe paſſate; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10574" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10575" xml:space="preserve">di queſte habbiamo a trattare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10576" xml:space="preserve">i membri delle quali
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            ſon'queſti, in cambio di pianta, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10577" xml:space="preserve">di imbaſamento che ſi ſolleui da terra, vi ſi
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-276-06" xlink:href="note-276-06a" xml:space="preserve">30</note>
            mettono ſcaglioni che ſi rilieuano dal piano del terreno, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10578" xml:space="preserve">ſopra queſti ſi met-
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            te vn'zoccolo quadro, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10579" xml:space="preserve">ſopra queſto un altro zoccolo non minore che il pri-
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            mo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10580" xml:space="preserve">Nel terzo luogo la baſa della colonna, di poi la colonna, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10581" xml:space="preserve">ſopraui il
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            capitello, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10582" xml:space="preserve">nello vltimo luogo la ſtatua, poſta ſopra vn zoccolo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10583" xml:space="preserve">Sono
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            alcuni, che infra il primo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10584" xml:space="preserve">il ſecondo zoccolo ſotto la baſa mettono vn'
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            certo che, come vn'dado, in cambio di vn'rilieuo, accioche la opera ſi rile-
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            uaſſe piu alta, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10585" xml:space="preserve">con maieſtà. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10586" xml:space="preserve">I diſegni di tutte queſte parti ſi caueranno dal
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            diametro da baſſo della colonna come nel fare de Tempij ti dicemmo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10587" xml:space="preserve">ma
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            queſta ſi fatta baſa, doue ſi harà a fare vn'opera grandiſsima ha da hauere
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            vn'mazzocchio ſolo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10588" xml:space="preserve">non duoi come le altre colonne, diuidaſi adunque
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            la groſſezza della baſa in cinque parti, due delle qualli ne aſſegnarai al maz
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            zocchio, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10589" xml:space="preserve">treal dado; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10590" xml:space="preserve">la larghezza del dado per tuttii verſi ſarà per vna parte
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            intera, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10591" xml:space="preserve">vn'quarto del diametro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10592" xml:space="preserve">ma i piediſtalli ſopra i quali poſeranno </s>
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