Vitruvius Pollio, I dieci libri dell?architettura, 1567
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                  aero ſacrificio, & ſi predica, & ſi celebrano i ſacri officij, cantando le diuine laudi & ſi ſeruano le
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                  ſacroſante reliquie de i ſoldati del noſtro Signore.
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                  <s id="s.003918">Io ho eſpoſto tutte le ragioni delle ſacre caſe de i Dei come mi ſono ſtate laſciate. </s>
                  <s id="s.003919">Ho
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                  diſtinto con i ſuoi compartimenti gli ordini, & le miſure, & mi ſono forzato di deſcriuere
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                  quanto ho potuto, quelle che ſono di figure diſpari, & con che differenze tra ſe ſono ſepa
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                  rati. </s>
                  <s id="s.003920">Hora dirò de gli altari de i Dei immortali, accioche attamente ſiano ordinati alla
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                  diſpoſitione de i ſacriſicij. </s>
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                  Dell'ordinare gli Altari de i Dei. </s>
                  <s id="s.003922">Cap. VIII.
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                  <s id="s.003923">Gli altari riguardino all' Oriente, & ſiano ſempre poſti piu baſsi de i ſimulachri
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                  che ſaranno nel Tempio, accioche i ſupplicanti, & ſacerdoti guardando in ſu
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                  ammirandoſi della diuinità, con diſeguali altezze al decoro di ciaſcuno de i
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                  ſuoi Dei ſi componghino. </s>
                  <s id="s.003924">Le altezze de gli altari coſi deono eſſere eſplicate,
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                  che a Gioue, & a tutti i Dei celeſti altiſsimi ſiano fabricati; Alla Dea Veſta, al Mare, &
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                  alla Terra ſi facciano baſsi: & coſi le forme de gli altari nel mezo de i Tempij conue­
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                  nienti ſi diſporrano. </s>
                  <s id="s.003925">Poi che in queſto libro hauemo trattato delle fabriche de i ſacri
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                  luoghi, nel ſeguente ſi dirà da noi chiaramente delle diſtributioni de i luoghi communi. </s>
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                  La ſomma di queſto ultimo capo è come s'habbiano a drizzare gli altari, per ſeruare il deco­
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                  ro conueniente alla forza, & al potere di ciaſcuna Deità. </s>
                  <s id="s.003927">Dio uoleſſe che i noſtri haueſſero tanto
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                  riſpetto al uero ſacrificio, & tanta riuerenza alli ſanti, quanta haueuano gli ingannati gentili al­
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                  la falſa loro ſoperſtitione. </s>
                  <s id="s.003928">Conuengono tutti in queſto, che deono riguardare all' Oriente, come
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                  s'è detto di ſopra. </s>
                  <s id="s.003929">Vuole Alberto che gli antichi faceſſero l'altare, alto ſei piedi, largo dodici,
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                  ſopra'l quale fuſſe posto il ſimulacro. </s>
                  <s id="s.003930">Vitru. non ci preſcriue altezza, nè meno credo io, che'l ſi­
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                  mulacro steſſe ſopra lo altare. </s>
                  <s id="s.003931">perche Vitr. non haurebbe detto, che gli altari ſempre ſi ano po­
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                  ſti piu baſſi de i ſimulacri. </s>
                  <s id="s.003932">& di ſopra nel quinto capo di queſto libro, ha detto. </s>
                  <s id="s.003933">Il ſi nulacro,
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                  che ſarà nella cella riguardi incontra ſera. </s>
                  <s id="s.003934">& non ha detto il ſi nulacro, che ſarà ſopra l'altare.
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                  <s id="s.003935">ſimilmente ha propoſto di dire de gli altari de i Dei immortali, accioche attamente ſiano ordi­
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                  nati alla diſpoſitione de i ſacrificij. </s>
                  <s id="s.003936">Era adunque il ſi nulacro in altro luogo, & piu eminente, che
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                  l'altare. </s>
                  <s id="s.003937">I ſanti decreti de' noſtri Pontifici, non uogliono, che gli altari nelle chieſe ſi facciano
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                  d'altro, che di pietra, & ſopra quelli ui uogliono una pietra conſecrata. </s>
                  <s id="s.003938">Noi ſopra gli altari
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                  ſtendemo belliſſime touaglie, & dinanzi ui ponemo ornatiſſi ni panni, nè ci mancano i candellieri,
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                  & le lampade dinanzi al ſacratiſſimo corpo del noſtro Signore, a cui per ogni chieſa deue eſſere
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                  conſacrato un'altare, & quello riposto in uno tabernacolo d'eccellente lauoro. </s>
                  <s id="s.003939">Vſamo anche
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                  di porre ſopra gli altari le reliquie de i ſanti, in ornati depoſiti, con grande ueneratione. </s>
                  <s id="s.003940">oltra di
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                  queſto ſogliono i noſtri hauere un luogo ſeparato doue ſeruano le ueſte ſacerdotali, i ſacri libri,
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                  & le altre coſe neceſſarie a i ſacrificij, & al diuino culto, & doue ſi apparano i ſacerdoti. </s>
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                  Queſti luoghi io gli farei doue gli antichi faceuano il poſtico. </s>
                  <s id="s.003942">Hanno anche il Choro doue canta­
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                  no le diuine lodi con ſedi conuenienti, & pareti ſeparati dal reſto della chieſa. </s>
                  <s id="s.003943">Hanno le torr i
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                  doue appendeno le campane non uſate da altri, che da Chriſtiani, per chiamare il populo alla
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                  chieſa alle hore debite. </s>
                  <s id="s.003944">Queſte torri deono eſſere proportionate alla grandezza della chieſa. </s>
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                  Vanno eguali, quadre, o di molti anguli, fin al luogo doue ſi legano le campane. </s>
                  <s id="s.003946">iui ſi fanno d'in­
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                  torno i cornicioni, & gli apreno con colonnati, accioche il ſuono poſſa uſcire, & eſſere ſentito da
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                  lungi. </s>
                  <s id="s.003947">A quelle ſi ſale o con ſcale dritte, o con lumache, ouero con altre ſalite piu commode ſe­
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                  condo la inuentione & ſottilità dello Architetto. </s>
                  <s id="s.003948">ſopra i Cornicioni, & le apriture ui ua la Pira­
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                  mide, ouero la cuba. </s>
                  <s id="s.003949">La Piramide è di altezza in proportione ſeſquialtera alla ſua baſa, oue­
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                  ro è di lati eguali. </s>
                  <s id="s.003950">La cuba, cuppola, & lanterna ſi fa con le ragioni dell' opera. </s>
                  <s id="s.003951">In queſte torri
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