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              naſcitur, a ratiocinatione. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s751" xml:space="preserve">cur literati? </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s752" xml:space="preserve">quoniam Architectura naſcitur, a fabrica. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s753" xml:space="preserve">Sed quæri poteſt, cur
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              cum ars mentis habitus ſit, dictum eſt a Vitr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s754" xml:space="preserve">eos qui ratiocmatiomibus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s755" xml:space="preserve">literis ſolis confiſi fuerunt, um-
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              bram, non rem perſequuti uidentur? </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s756" xml:space="preserve">Reſpondetur, maiori hominum parti, res, quæ mentem pertinent, ui-
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              deriumbras, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s757" xml:space="preserve">inanes quaſdam nebulas, rudesq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s758" xml:space="preserve">homines ſenſibus tantum niti. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s759" xml:space="preserve">Quare Vitr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s760" xml:space="preserve">non affirmat li
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              teratos umbras ſequutos eſſe, ſed uideri dicit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s761" xml:space="preserve">Nam imperitorum iudicium de rebus apparentibus & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s762" xml:space="preserve">ſenſi-
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              bus ſubiectis fieri ſolet. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s763" xml:space="preserve">Hinc errare mihi uidentur plerique, qui cum de pictura, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s764" xml:space="preserve">ſculptura ſent entiam fe-
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              runt: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s765" xml:space="preserve">quæ ſit earum nobilior, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s766" xml:space="preserve">præſtantior, quàmprimum ad materiam, tempus, incommoda, difficulta-
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              tes, effectusq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s767" xml:space="preserve">earum artium ſe conferunt, quæ ad corpus artis ( ut ita dicam ) non ſpectant: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s768" xml:space="preserve">ars enim men-
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              tis eſt habitus. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s769" xml:space="preserve">unde egregius Bonarottus, non minus dum dormit, quam dum uigilat, non minus oſcitando,
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.038-01" xlink:href="note-514.01.038-01a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
              quàm agendo pictor eſt, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s770" xml:space="preserve">ſculptor, quare ita conſiderandum eſt; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s771" xml:space="preserve">quis excellentior habitus eſt in mente Bo=
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              narotti picturæ, an ſculpturæ: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s772" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s773" xml:space="preserve">prætermittenda ſunt marmora, colores, proiecturæ, proſpectus, difficul-
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              tates, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s774" xml:space="preserve">copiærerum: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s775" xml:space="preserve">forte enim hoc modo conſider antibus aliquid eſſet: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s776" xml:space="preserve">quod rectè dicerent, uiderentq́ue
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              utranque graphidis eſſe peritiam. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s777" xml:space="preserve">Sed aliàs diſcutienda eſt hæc quæſtio.</s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s778" xml:space="preserve">illud mterim egregie dictum puto a quo
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              dam ſapiente, ſi artem, uſumq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s779" xml:space="preserve">diſſocies, utilior eſt uſus expers artis, quam ars, quæſui uſum non habet. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s780" xml:space="preserve">Ars
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              infæcunda eſt ſine uſu, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s781" xml:space="preserve">uſus temerarius ſine arte. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s782" xml:space="preserve">Inquit igitur Vitr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s783" xml:space="preserve">artem non debere eſſe ocioſam, ſed cum
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              ea manus eſſe tractandas: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s784" xml:space="preserve">idq́ alijs uerbis probare contendit.</s>
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                <emph style="sc">Cvm</emph>
              omnibus in rebus, tum maximè etiam in Architectura, hæc duo inſunt, quod ſignificatur,
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              & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s787" xml:space="preserve">quod ſignificat. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s788" xml:space="preserve">ſignificatur propoſita res, de qua dicitur, hanc autem ſignificat demoſtratio ratio-
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              nibus doctrinarum explicata: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s789" xml:space="preserve">Quare uidetur utraque parte exercitatum eſle debere: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s790" xml:space="preserve">qui ſe Archite-
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.038-02" xlink:href="note-514.01.038-02a" xml:space="preserve">20</note>
              ctum profitetur.</s>
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              <s xml:id="echoid-s792" xml:space="preserve">Ex artibus & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s793" xml:space="preserve">ſcientijs nonnullæſunt, quarum finis ultra rerum ipſis ſubiectarum ſpeculationem non tranſ-
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              greditur: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s794" xml:space="preserve">quemadmodum eſt ſcientia de natura rerum & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s795" xml:space="preserve">diſciplina quæque, id eſt Malhematica: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s796" xml:space="preserve">aliæ ad actio-
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              nem ueniunt: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s797" xml:space="preserve">cæterum poſt actionem, nihil eſt, quod uideas, cuiuſmodi eſt canendi, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s798" xml:space="preserve">ſaltandi ars. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s799" xml:space="preserve">Sunt de-
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              mum quædam, quæ opus poſt actionem oſtendunt: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s800" xml:space="preserve">qualis eſt ars fabrilis, ars ædificandi, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s801" xml:space="preserve">eiuſmpodi aliæ artes.
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              </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s802" xml:space="preserve">eſt præterea & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s803" xml:space="preserve">ars quædam: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s804" xml:space="preserve">quæ ad capiendum, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s805" xml:space="preserve">acquirendum aliquid dirigitur, ut uenatio, aucupium, piſ
                <lb/>
              catio, multæ quoque non ad ſperculationem, non ad actionem, non ad opus, non ad captionem diriguntur: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s806" xml:space="preserve">Sed
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              ad corrigendos errores, emendandosq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s807" xml:space="preserve">aliarum defectlus: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s808" xml:space="preserve">cum omnibus & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s809" xml:space="preserve">ſupra omnes has eſt Architectura,
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              ipſa tanquàm domina, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s810" xml:space="preserve">iudex: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s811" xml:space="preserve">ideò fit, ut in ea præcipueres actæ, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s812" xml:space="preserve">confectæ, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s813" xml:space="preserve">earum rationes conſideren
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              tur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s814" xml:space="preserve">quæduo igitur ſunt, quæ in omnibus contemplanda ſunt, ea maxime in Architectura uidentur, res ſcili-
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              cet; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s815" xml:space="preserve">quæſignificatur, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s816" xml:space="preserve">quæ ſignificat. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s817" xml:space="preserve">effectus igitur omnes, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s818" xml:space="preserve">opera tum naturæ,tum artis, concluſio
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              nes item omnes omnium ſcientiarum ſignificant, ſed rationes, probationes cauſæq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s819" xml:space="preserve">ſignificant, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s820" xml:space="preserve">ratio eſt:
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              </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s821" xml:space="preserve">quoniam ſignum ad rem ſignificatam refertur, effectus ad cauſam, concluſio ad rationem, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s822" xml:space="preserve">probationem,
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              est enim ſignificare ſignis oſtendere, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s823" xml:space="preserve">quaſi ſignare, &</s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s824" xml:space="preserve">ſignum imprimere: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s825" xml:space="preserve">unde in omnire, quæ ratione per
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              ficitur Artificis ſignum ineſt,id eſt idea, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s826" xml:space="preserve">ſpecies in ipſius mente concepta. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s827" xml:space="preserve">Artifex enim prius,rmyr shoy. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s828" xml:space="preserve">po
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              stea materiemſignat extrinſecus. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s829" xml:space="preserve">Forma habitus interior. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s830" xml:space="preserve">Tum maxime etiam in Architectura. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s831" xml:space="preserve"># Ma-
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              xime, quare ipſa excellenter noſcenti uirtutires ipſas refert, quod eſt ſignificare, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s832" xml:space="preserve">præcipue artis cõceptionem
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              dcformat. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s833" xml:space="preserve"># Quare uidetur utraque parte exercitatum eſſe debere. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s834" xml:space="preserve">Quiſquis quippiam agit præſtanti,
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              & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s835" xml:space="preserve">propria quadam uirtute debet excellere, ut quicquid agit perfestum ſit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s836" xml:space="preserve">tres enim opifices habentur diuinum,
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              naturale, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s837" xml:space="preserve">artificioſum, ideſt Deus, natura, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s838" xml:space="preserve">homo. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s839" xml:space="preserve">Nos de homine agemus. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s840" xml:space="preserve">cum igitur ita præſtet,
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              excellatq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s841" xml:space="preserve">Architectura, ut artium cæterarum index, arbitraq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s842" xml:space="preserve">eſſe cenſeatur, neceſſe eſt Architectum ita
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              formari, ut iudicis officium præstare poßit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s843" xml:space="preserve">quare hæc quæſequuntur illi eſſe neceſſaria, dicerem. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s844" xml:space="preserve">Primum ut
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              natura docilis, ingenio perſpicax; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s845" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s846" xml:space="preserve">quanquàm ego diuinam indicem naturã eius, quiſuapte uiſit rerum in-
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              uentor, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s847" xml:space="preserve">dostor: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s848" xml:space="preserve">non tamen carere lude ſua illum arhitrabor: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s849" xml:space="preserve">qui etiam docente alio cito addiſcit: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s850" xml:space="preserve">quem-
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              admodum infimænotæillum puto, qui neq; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s851" xml:space="preserve">aſe ipſo, neque docentis opera eruditur: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s852" xml:space="preserve">optimas ergo Architecti
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              conditiones enumer at Vitruuius.</s>
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                <emph style="sc">Qvare</emph>
              uidetur utraque parte exercitatum eſſe debere, qui ſe Architectum profiteatur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s855" xml:space="preserve">Ideſt in
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              re ſignificata: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s856" xml:space="preserve">quæ a fabrica oritur, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s857" xml:space="preserve">inre ſignificante, quæ a ratiocinatione proficiſcitur.</s>
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                <emph style="sc">Itaqve</emph>
              eum & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s860" xml:space="preserve">ingenioſum eſſe opurtet, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s861" xml:space="preserve">ad diſciplinam docilem, neque enim ingenium ſine
                <lb/>
              diſciplina, aut diſciplina ſine ingenio perfectum artificem, poteſt efficere, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s862" xml:space="preserve">ut literatus ſit peritus
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.038-05" xlink:href="note-514.01.038-05a" xml:space="preserve">50</note>
              graphidos, eruditus Geometriæ, optices non ignarus, inſtrustus Arithmetica. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s863" xml:space="preserve">hiſtorias plures noue-
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              rit, philoſophos diligenteraudierit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s864" xml:space="preserve">Muſicam ſciuerit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s865" xml:space="preserve">medicinæ non ſitignarus. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s866" xml:space="preserve">Reſponſa iuriſcon
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              ſultorum nouerit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s867" xml:space="preserve">Aſtrologiam cœliq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s868" xml:space="preserve">rationes cognitas habeat.</s>
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              <s xml:id="echoid-s870" xml:space="preserve">Ingenium inuentioni, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s871" xml:space="preserve">doctrinæ deſeruit, hoc eſtrei: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s872" xml:space="preserve">quam ex ſe facit & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s873" xml:space="preserve">quam ab alio addiſcit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s874" xml:space="preserve">raro au
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              temfit, ut inuentor aliquis omnibus numeris artem abſoluat. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s875" xml:space="preserve">ideœ rectẽ Vitruuius.</s>
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            </p>
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              <s xml:id="echoid-s877" xml:space="preserve">
                <emph style="sc">Neqve</emph>
              ingenium, ſine diſciplina, aut diſciplina ſine ingenio perfeste artificem poteſt efficere.
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              </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s878" xml:space="preserve">Secunda Architecticonditio eſt educatio & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s879" xml:space="preserve">exercitatio a teneris annis. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s880" xml:space="preserve">in his diſciplinis: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s881" xml:space="preserve">quæprimæ dicuntur
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              cuiuſmodi eſt metiendi, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s882" xml:space="preserve">numerandi ars: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s883" xml:space="preserve">Muſica quoque, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s884" xml:space="preserve">cœli, ſtellarumq́;</s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s885" xml:space="preserve">, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s886" xml:space="preserve">motionum ratio diuina-
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              rum. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s887" xml:space="preserve">has opere parentum ſuorum habuit Vitr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s888" xml:space="preserve">ut in proœmio libri ſexti uidetur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s889" xml:space="preserve">Alia dos Architecti, audi-
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              tus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s890" xml:space="preserve">lectio: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s891" xml:space="preserve">excellentium & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s892" xml:space="preserve">præſtantium uirorum auditor, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s893" xml:space="preserve">lector fuit Vitruuius ut in ſecundi libri
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              proœmio his uerhis explicatur.</s>
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            </p>
            <note position="left" xml:space="preserve">60</note>
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