Vitruvius Pollio, I dieci libri dell?architettura, 1567

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                  ſcritte da Diade. </s>
                  <s id="s.008586">Hora io dirò quelle coſe, che io ho hauuto da miei precettori, & che a
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                  me pareno di utilità. </s>
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                  Le coſe trattate nel preſente cap. della inuentione dello Ariete, & della fabrica ſua, & delle
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                  Torri, & Teſtuggini, & della triuella, & delle altre machine ſono aſſai bene inteſe, però non mi
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                  par' che ſia neceſſario tentar di eſplicarle meglio, & di queste ſe ne fa mentione appreſſo gli Hi­
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                  ſtorici, & de gli effetti loro ſe ne parla copioſamente, & i nomi di queste machine, come gli
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                  altri ſono preſi dalle forme, & da gli effetti loro, come facilmente ſi puo intender, ſenza no­
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                  ſtra fatica.
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                  Dell'apparecchio della teſtuggine per le foſ­
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                  ſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.008589">Cap. XX.
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                  <s id="s.008590">LA Teſtuggine, che ſi apparecchia alla congeſtione delle foſſe, & che ancho ſi
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                  puo accoſtare alle mura, in queſto modo ſi deue fare. </s>
                  <s id="s.008591">Facciaſi una baſa det­
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                  ta Eſchara da Greci, & ſia queſta quadrata per ogni lato piedi uenticinque, i
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                  ſuoi trauerſi quattro, & queſti contenuti ſiano da altri due trauerſi groſsi
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                  f. 5. larghi. </s>
                  <s id="s.008592">5. & ſian queſti trauerſi diſtanti tra ſe da un piede & mezo, & per ogni ſpacio
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                  di quelli ſiano ſotto poſti alcuni arboſcelli Amaxopodes detti da Greci, ne i quali ſi uolta­
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                  no i perni delle ruote cerchiati di lame di ferro, & quegli arborſcelli ſiano coſi tempera­
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                  ti, che habbian i cardini, & i fori loro per doue le ſtanghe paſſando poſſano quelli a torno
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                  uoltare, accioche inanzi, & indietro dalla deſtra, & dalla ſiniſtra, & per torto in angu­
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                  lo, doue ricercherà il biſogno per gli arborſcelli inanzi muouer ſi poſsino. </s>
                  <s id="s.008593">ſopra la baſa
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                  poſti ſiano due trauicelli, che ſportino in una, & nell'altra parte ſei piedi, d'intorno a
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                  quegli ſporti conficcati ne ſian due altri, che ſportino inanzi le fronti piedi ſette groſ­
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                  ſi, & larghi come ſono quelli, che nella baſa deſcritti ſono. </s>
                  <s id="s.008594">ſopra queſta collegatu­
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                  ra drizzar ſi deono le portelle congiunte, oltra i cardini di piedi noue, groſſe per ogni
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                  uerſo un piede, & un palmo, lontane una dall'altra un piede & mezo. </s>
                  <s id="s.008595">Siano que—
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                  ſte dal diſopra rinchiuſe tra le traui cardinate, ſopra le traui poſti ſiano i capreoli, o
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                  chiaui, che co i cardini l'uno entri dentro l'altro & ſiano leuati piedi noue, ſopra i
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                  capreoli ſi pone un traue quadrato, che lega, & congiugne i traui, & queſti da i lo­
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                  ro laterali d'intorno conficcati ſian contenuti, & coperti bene con tauole ſpecialmente di
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                  palme, ilche ſe non ſi puo, pigliſi altra ſorte di legno, oltra il pino, & l'alno, che poſſa
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                  eſſer buono per queſto effetto, percioche il pino, & l'alno ſono fragili & facilmente rice­
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                  ueno il fuoco. </s>
                  <s id="s.008596">D'intorno i tauolati poſti ſiano i craticci di ſottiliſsime uerghe molto den
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                  ſamente conteſte, & ſpecialmente uerdi, & freſche, cucitoui i crudi corami doppij, &
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                  riempiti di alica, o di paglie in aceto macerate ſia d'intorno tutta la machina inueſtita, &
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                  coſi da queſte coſe ſaranno ribattuti i colpi delle Baliſte, & ſcacciati gl'impeti de gli
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                  incendij. </s>
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                  Delle altre teſtuggini. </s>
                  <s id="s.008598">Cap. XXI.
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                  <s id="s.008599">Evui un'altra ſorte di Teftuggine, che ha tutte le altre coſe al modo, che han­
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                  no le teſtuggini ſopraſcritte, eccetto che i capreoli: ma hanno d'intorno il
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                  parapetto, & i merli fatti di tauole, & dal diſopra, i ſottogrondali che ſtan­
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                  no in pioucre, che ſi contengono ſopra le tauole, & i corami fermamente
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                  conſiccati, & di ſopra ci è poſta dell'argilla con capello battuta tanto groſſa, che il fuoco </s>
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