Vitruvius Pollio, I dieci libri dell?architettura, 1567

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                  mi, incorrefsi nell' offeſa dell' animo tuo. </s>
                  <s id="s.000149">Ma poi, che io m'accorſi, che egual cura tene­
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                  ui & della ſalute d'ognuno con il publico maneggio, & della opportunità de i publici edi­
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                  ficij; accioche non ſolamente fuſſe col fauor tuo la Città di ſtato fatta maggiore, ma an­
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                  chora la maeſtà dello imperio grandezza haueſſe, & riputatione delle publiche fabricatio­
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                  ni: io hò penſato non eſſer piu tempo di tardare; & non ho uoluto pretermettere, che di
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                  ſubito à nome tuo non mandaſsi in luce le già dette coſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.000150">Imperoche per queſta ragione
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                  io era da tuo padre conoſciuto, & della ſua uirtu molto ſtudioſo. </s>
                  <s id="s.000151">Ma hauendo il conci­
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                  lio de i celeſti Dei quello conſecrato ne i ſeggi della immortalità, & trasferito nel poter
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                  tuo lo imperio del padre: lo iſteſſo mio ſtudio nella memoria di quello reſtando fermo, in
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                  te ripoſe il fauore. </s>
                  <s id="s.000152">Adunque con M. Aurelio, Pub. Minidio, & Gn. Cornelio fui ſopra
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                  l'apparecchio delle Baliſte, & de gli Scorpioni. </s>
                  <s id="s.000153">& alla rifattione de gli altri tormenti; &
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                  inſieme con eſſo loro ne riportai delle commodità, lequali ſubito che tu mi concedeſti,
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                  molto bene per la raccommandatione di tua ſorella il riconoſcimento ſeruaſti; & però eſ­
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                  ſendo io per quel beneficio tenuto & obbligato, di modo che inſino allo eſtremo della ui­
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                  ta non haueſsi a temere alcun diſagio: Io diedi principio à ſcriuere queſte coſe: perche io
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                  haueua auuertito, che tu haueui fabricato molte coſe, & tutta uia ne uai edificando; &
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                  anche per lo auuenire ſei per hauer cura, & penſiero delle publiche, & priuate opere ſecon­
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                  do la grandezza delle coſe fatte, accioche ſiano alla memoria de' poſteri commendate. </s>
                  <s id="s.000154">Io
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                  ho ſcritto con diligenza determinati precetti in modo, che da te ſteſſo ponendoui penſie­
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                  ro poteſti conoſcere quali fuſſero le coſe già fabricate, & come haueſſero a riuſcir quelle,
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                  che ſi doueſſero fabricare: percioche in queſti uolumi, io ho aperto tutte le ragioni di que
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                  ſto ammaeſtramento. </s>
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                  Il ſauio & prudente lettore potrà per le parole di Vitr. conſiderare la prudenza, & bontà ſua,
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                  come di perſona, che eſſendo per beneficij riceuuti obligato & tenuto, dimoſtra gratitudine, &
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                  nella gratitudine giudicio, offerendo quelle coſe, che poſſono eſſer grate à chi le riceue. </s>
                  <s id="s.000156">& in ue­
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                  ro eſſendo tutto il mondo ſotto un principe, l'armi erano ceſſate, & le porte di Giano rinchiuſe. </s>
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                  Il principe raccolto nella gloria delle belle impreſe da lui ſatte, godeua del ſuo ſplendore, & ſom­
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                  mamente ſi dilettaua di ſabricare gloriandoſi di laſciar la città (che prima era di pietre cotte) la­
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                  ſtricata di Marmo. </s>
                  <s id="s.000158">Fu adottiuo figliuolo di Giulio Ceſare: nacque di Accia, & di Ottauio. </s>
                  <s id="s.000159">Al
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                  coſtui tempo nacque noſtro Signore. </s>
                  <s id="s.000160">Fu ueramente buono, & grande appoggio de' uirtuoſi, per
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                  ilche non tanto per hauere accreſciuto lo Imperio eſſer deue nominato Auguſto, quanto per haue­
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                  re fauorito gli huomini da bene, & aumentato con lode, & premio ogni uirtù, & dottrina. </s>
                  <s id="s.000161">A lui
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                  dunque meriteuolmente conſacra Vitruuio le fatiche ſue, & con ingegno di quelle coſe, & con
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                  quelle parole lo eſſalta, che ueramente, & ſenza adulatione ſe gli conueniuano. </s>
                  <s id="s.000162">Et tanto ſia det­
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                  to, d'intorno la dedicatione dell' opera. </s>
                  <s id="s.000163">Egli ſi legge in alcuni teſti non Minidio, ma Numidio, &
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                  in alcuni Numidico. </s>
                  <s id="s.000164">Io non truouo altra fede, che piu ad uno, che altro modo ſi debbia legge­
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                  re. </s>
                  <s id="s.000165">Benche in alcune Medaglie ſi legga eſſere ſtato ſopra la Cecca un L. Muſidio. </s>
                  <s id="s.000166">ma queſto po­
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                  co c'importa. </s>
                  <s id="s.000167">Nè io ſono curioſo di dichiarare che coſa è Baliſta, & Scorpione, percioche ſe ne
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                  dirà nel decimo libro al proprio luogo. </s>
                  <s id="s.000168">nè ſi deue (per quanto ſtimo io) confondere l'ordine delle
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                  coſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.000169">Venirò adunque a Vitr. ilquale ſecondo il precetto' dell' Arte diffiniſce, e determina, che
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                  coſa è Architettura, dicendo.
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                  <s id="s.000170"> Architettura è ſeienza, di molte diſcipline, & di diuerſi am­
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                  maeſtramenti ornata, dal cui giudicio s'approuano tutte le opere, che dalle altre Arti com
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                  piutamente ſi fanno. </s>
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                  Prima, che ſi eſponga, & dimoſtri che coſa è Architettura, dirò la forza di queſto nome, per­
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                  cioche molto gioua allo intendimento delle coſe, che ſi diranno. </s>
                  <s id="s.000172">Architettura è nome, che dal
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                  greco derriua; & è di due uoci compoſto. </s>
                  <s id="s.000173">La prima ſignifica principale, & capo; La ſeconda
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                  fabbro, ò artefice. </s>
                  <s id="s.000174">Et chi uoleſſe bene eſprimere uolgarmente la forza del detto nome, direbbe
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                  capo maeſtra. </s>
                  <s id="s.000175">Et però dice Platone, che lo Arch tetto non ſa meſtieri alcuno, ma è ſopraſtan-
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