Vitruvius, De architectura libri decem, 1567

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            <head xml:id="echoid-head60" xml:space="preserve">M. VITRVVII DE
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            ARCHITECTVRA
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            LIBER TERTIVS.</head>
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                <emph style="sc">DElphicvs</emph>
              Apollo, Socratem omnium ſapientiſsimum. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7420" xml:space="preserve">Tres eſſe Architecturæ
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              partes ostenſum eſt ſupra, inter quas præcipuum locum tenebat ædificatio, cuius una ratio
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              publicis, altera priuatis operibus accommodari dictum eſt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7421" xml:space="preserve">Publicorum operum diſtribu-
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              tiones tripartitas eſſe declarauimus, Defenſionis , Religionis, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7422" xml:space="preserve">Opportunitatis. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7423" xml:space="preserve">Abſolu-
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              ta eſt ea, quæ defenſionem ſpectabat; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7424" xml:space="preserve">ſuperſunt reliquæ, ac ea primum, quæ religioni dica-
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              ta est, in qua tantum præ cæteris rebus præſtare debet Architecti uis, ingenium, natura,
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              induſtria, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7425" xml:space="preserve">ſolertia, quantum res diuinæ humanis. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7426" xml:space="preserve">Vbi enim quæſo commenſus, ordinatio, decor, eurythmia,
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              diſtributio , diſpoſitio magis ſpectabitur, quàm in ſacris ædibus? </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7427" xml:space="preserve">vbi manus , ubi mentem nobilius exercebi-
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              mus, quàm in numinum cultu? </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7428" xml:space="preserve">in qua re animum diuinitatis participem fatigare melius erit, quàm in diui-
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              nis rebus? </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7429" xml:space="preserve">Egregium ſanè munus aggredimur, quod ( ut omnibus datum est perſequi ) ita proſpiciendum eſt,
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.111-02" xlink:href="note-514.01.111-02a" xml:space="preserve">20</note>
              quà recte Vitruuius optarit hominum pectora feneſtrata eſſe, ut intus quicquid eſſet boni, vel mali foris con
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              ſpiceretur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7430" xml:space="preserve">Cederet enim uirtuti, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7431" xml:space="preserve">ſcientiæ fortuna, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7432" xml:space="preserve">gratia, petulantiæ modeſtia. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7433" xml:space="preserve">Cederet ueritati aſſen-
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              tatio. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7434" xml:space="preserve">Arbitror ego ſuauem, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7435" xml:space="preserve">uerum Architecturæ guſtum Vitruuium habuiſſe, cum hæc diceret. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7436" xml:space="preserve">Nam mi-
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              ro ardere deſiderio uidetur, ut uirtutis pulchritudo oculis cerneretur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7437" xml:space="preserve">Quare accedebat Socratis ſententiæ,
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              uiri vel Apollinis testimonio ſapientiſſimi, qui occultos animi ſenſus per pectus uideri poſſe optabat. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7438" xml:space="preserve">Cæterum
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              obſeruatione dignum puto, quod ſingulis uoluminibus præpoſita proœmia ſint a Vitruuio; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7439" xml:space="preserve">nam cum proœ-
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              mijs ſæpe magis animum adhibeamus ( recentes enim, nec fatigati expectamus quid proponendum ſit ) memo-
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              randa, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7440" xml:space="preserve">obſeruanda maxime in proœmijs præcepta traduntur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7441" xml:space="preserve">quod & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7442" xml:space="preserve">in ſuperioribus prædiximus aduerten-
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              dum. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7443" xml:space="preserve">Optat igitur Vitruuius, poſtquam aliud naturæ placuit, monetq́, vt curemus, studeamusq́ artis præ-
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              s
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              tantia, quod occultum eſt in nobis palam educere. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7444" xml:space="preserve">Artis igitur uis in ratione poſita es̃t. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7445" xml:space="preserve">ratio in re, quæ ſi-
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.111-03" xlink:href="note-514.01.111-03a" xml:space="preserve">30</note>
              gnificat, quæ item ratiocinatio, forma, habitusq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7446" xml:space="preserve">nominatur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7447" xml:space="preserve">Vniuerſa uero Architecturæ forma ſex illis re-
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              bus conſtat, de quibus primo libro cap. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7448" xml:space="preserve">3. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7449" xml:space="preserve">diſſeruimus, quod ſi quis melius introſpicere cupiat , quæratq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7450" xml:space="preserve">di-
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              lucidius, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7451" xml:space="preserve">expeditius ea a nobis tradi, is primum ſe a proœmio expediat , dein mecum ueritatem ſtudioſe per-
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              quirat, legatq́ quæ ſummis laboribus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7452" xml:space="preserve">cogitationibus comparaui , quod ſi in ijs ſe ſe iuuari ſentiat, quæ
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              ſummopere conquirenda ſunt, Deo primum gratias agat, mox principijs meis innixus quær at ulteriorem pro-
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              fectum, ex paruis enim, paucisq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7453" xml:space="preserve">magna, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7454" xml:space="preserve">multa conſequi facile cognoſcet.</s>
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            <head xml:id="echoid-head61" xml:space="preserve">Proœmium.</head>
            <note position="left" xml:space="preserve">40</note>
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                <emph style="sc">DElphicvs</emph>
              Apollo Socratem omnium ſapientiſsimum Pythiæ reſponſis eſt profeſſus.
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              <s xml:id="echoid-s7457" xml:space="preserve">Is autem memoratur prudenter, doctiſsimeq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7458" xml:space="preserve">dixiſſe , oportuiſſe hominum pectora fe-
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              neſtrata, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7459" xml:space="preserve">aperta eſſe, uti non occultos haberent ſenſus, ſed patentes ad conſiderandum. </s>
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              Vtinam uero rerum natura ſententiam eius ſecuta , explicata , & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7461" xml:space="preserve">apparentia ea conſtituiſ-
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              ſet. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7462" xml:space="preserve">ſi enim ita fuiſſet , non ſolum laudes , aut uitia animorum ad manum aſpicerentur, ſed etiam diſci-
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              plinarum ſcientiæ ſub oculorum conſideratione ſubiectæ, non incertis iudicijs probarentur, ſed & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7463" xml:space="preserve">do
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              ctis & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7464" xml:space="preserve">ſcientibus authoritas egregia, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7465" xml:space="preserve">ſtabilis adderetur . </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7466" xml:space="preserve">Igitur quoniam hæc non ita, ſed uti natu-
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              ra rerum uoluit, ſunt conſtituta , non efficitur , ut poſsint homines obſcuratis ſub pectoribus inge-
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              nijs , ſcientias artificiorum penitus latentes, quemad modum ſint, iudicare. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7467" xml:space="preserve">Ipſiautem artifices, etiam
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              ſi polliceantur ſuam prudentiam, ſi non pecunia ſint copioſi, ſeu uetuſtate officinarum habuerint no-
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              titiam, aut etiam gratia, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7468" xml:space="preserve">forenſi eloquentia non fuerint præditi, pro induſtriæ ſtudiorum authori-
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              tates non poſſunt habere, ut eis, quod proſiteutur ſcire, id credatur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7469" xml:space="preserve">Maxime autem id animaduerte-
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              re poſſumus ab antiquis ſtatuariis, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7470" xml:space="preserve">pictoribus , quod ex his, qui dignitatis notas, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7471" xml:space="preserve">commendatio-
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              nis gratiam habuerunt, æterna memoria ad poſteritatem ſunt permanentes, uti Myron , Polycletus,
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              Phydias, Lyſippus, cæteriq́;</s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7472" xml:space="preserve">, qui nobilitatem ex arte ſunt conſecuti. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7473" xml:space="preserve">Namq; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7474" xml:space="preserve">ut ciuitatibus magnis,
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              aut Regibus , aut ciuibus nobilibus opera fecerunt, ita id ſunt adepti. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7475" xml:space="preserve">At qui non minore ſtudio, & </s>
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              ingenio, ſolertiaq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7477" xml:space="preserve">fuerunt, ignobilibus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7478" xml:space="preserve">humili fortuna ciuibus non minus egregie perfecta fecerũt
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              opera, nullam memoriam ſunt aſſecuti , quod hi non ab induſtria , neque artis ſolertia, ſed a felicita-
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              te fuerunt deſerti, ut Hellas Athenienſis , Chion Corinthius, Myagrus Phocæus, Pharax Epheſius, Be-
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              das Byzantius, etiamq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7479" xml:space="preserve">alij plures. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7480" xml:space="preserve">Non minus item pictores , ut Ariſtomenes Thaſius , Polycles
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              Atramitenus, Nicomachus, cæteriq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s7481" xml:space="preserve">quos neque induſtria, neque artis ſtudium , neque ſolertia defe-
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