Vitruvius
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De architectura libri decem
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1567
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ioni dediti inueniuntur, alij extra religionis obſeruantiam: </
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que, bellorumq́; </
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ciuilibus controuerſiis, & </
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ra, cultusq́; </
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ria, emporia, æraria, horrea, munitiones, thermæ: </
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trophæa, Pyramides: </
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ſeruiunt. </
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ditione, uſu & </
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uetur prima illa & </
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machinationis diſtinctione ſuo loco dicemus. </
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git uniuerſam, & </
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mente dirigitur, ars quoque mentis est munus: </
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tur principia conueniunt ſimiliaq́; </
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mile autem a diſſidentibus principijs nunquam fiet. </
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poſitionemque conſiderabit, hinc primi ſecundi & </
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nec ea, quæ inueniri non poſſunt, nec tam arduas res aggredietur, ut nulla ratione perfici poſſint, Naturæ
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diſponit, idem quoque ars faciet, exemplum & </
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ratim ſingulis in rebus uidebimus, quare & </
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tia cæteris operibus antecellit, optime obſeruatum eſt ab arte, ut ad humani corporis ſimilitudinem, & </
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autem ita fieri debent, ut habeatur ratio firmitatis, utilitatis, uenuſtatis.</
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ſecamus, polimus, ſcalpimus, pingimus. </
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tione. </
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dere quam belle omnia inter ſe conſentiant, nanque a diffinitione, ortu officioq́; </
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neceſſitas firmitatis, uenuctatis, & </
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paruo tempore utilis eßet, aut nihil in ſe uenustatis haberet: </
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tertio cap. </
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ratur, non autem illam, quæ ornamentis conſtat, de qua libro ſeptimo: </
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mentum: </
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pulchritudini ſuper additum, poſterius adueniens: </
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firmitudo, a poteſtate, hinc illud poße uelle, & </
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