Vitruvius, De architectura libri decem, 1567

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              tur, quorum exitus iudiciorum qui fuerint, non eſt alienum, quem admodum ſint nobis traditin, ex-
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              plicare. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16971" xml:space="preserve">Reges Attalici magnis philologiæ dulcedinibus inducti, cum egregiam bibliothecam Perga-
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              mi ad communem delectationem inſtituiſſent. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16972" xml:space="preserve">Tunc item Ptolomæus infinito zelo, cupiditatisq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16973" xml:space="preserve">in-
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              citatus ſtudio, non minoribus induſtrijs ad eundem modum contenderat Alexandriæ comparare. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16974" xml:space="preserve">Cũ
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              autem ſumma diligentia profeciſſet, non putauit id ſatis eſſe, niſi propagationibus in ſeminando cu-
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              raret augendam. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16975" xml:space="preserve">Itaque Muſis, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16976" xml:space="preserve">Apollini ludos dedicauit, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16977" xml:space="preserve">quemadmodum athletarum, ſic com-
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              munium ſcriptorum uictoribus præmia, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16978" xml:space="preserve">honores conſtituit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16979" xml:space="preserve">His ita inſtitutis, cum ludi adeſſent,
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              iudices literati, qui ea probarent, erant legendi. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16980" xml:space="preserve">Rex cum iam ex ciuitate ſex lectos habuiſſet, nec
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              tam cito ſeptimum idoneum inueniret, retulitad eos, qui ſupra bibliothecam fuerant, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16981" xml:space="preserve">quæſiit, ſi
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              quem nouiſſent ad id expeditum. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16982" xml:space="preserve">tunc ei dixerunt, eſſe quendam Ariſtophanem, qui ſummo ſtudio,
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              ſummaq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16983" xml:space="preserve">diligentia quotidie omnes libros ex ordine perlegeret. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16984" xml:space="preserve">Itaque in conuentu ludorum, cum
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              ſecretæ ſedes iudicibus eſſent diſtributæ, cum cæteris Ariſtophanes citatus, quemadmodum fuerat
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              locus ei deſignatus, ſedit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16985" xml:space="preserve">Primo Poetarum ordine ad certationem inducto, cum recitarentur ſcripta
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              populus cunctus ſignificando monebat iudices, quod probarent. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16986" xml:space="preserve">Itaque cum ab ſingulis ſententiæ
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              funt rogatæ, ſex unà dixerunt, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16987" xml:space="preserve">quem maximè animaduerterunt multitudini placuiſſe, ei primum
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              præmium, inſequenti ſecundum tribuerunt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16988" xml:space="preserve">Ariſtophanes uero cum ab eo ſententia rogaretur, eum
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              primum pronunciari iuſsit, qui minimè populo placuiſſet. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16989" xml:space="preserve">cum autem Rex, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16990" xml:space="preserve">uniuerſi uehementer
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              indignarentur, ſurrexit, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16991" xml:space="preserve">rogando impetrauit, ut paterentur ſe dicere. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16992" xml:space="preserve">Itaque ſilentio facto docuit,
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              unum ex his eum eſſe poetam, cæteros aliena recitauiſſe; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16993" xml:space="preserve">oportere autem iudicantes non ſurta, ſed
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              ſcripta probare. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16994" xml:space="preserve">Admirante populor, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16995" xml:space="preserve">rege dubitante, fretus memoria e certis armarijs infinita uo-
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              lumina eduxit, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16996" xml:space="preserve">ea cum recitatis conferendo coegit ipſos. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16997" xml:space="preserve">furatos de ſe confiteri. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16998" xml:space="preserve">Itaque rex iuſsit
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              cum his agi furti, condemnatosq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s16999" xml:space="preserve">cum ignominia dimiſit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17000" xml:space="preserve">Ariſtophanem uero ampliſsimis mune ri-
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              bus ornauit, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17001" xml:space="preserve">ſupra bibliothecam conſtituit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17002" xml:space="preserve">Inſequentibus annis a Macedonia Zoilus, qui adopta-
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              uit cognomen, ut Homeromaſtix uocitaretur, Alexandriam uenit, ſuaq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17003" xml:space="preserve">ſcripta contra Iliadem, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17004" xml:space="preserve">
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              Odiſſeam comparata regi recitauit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17005" xml:space="preserve">Ptolomæus uero cum animaduertiſſet poctarum parentem, phi-
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              lologiæq́ omnis ducem abſentem uexari, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17006" xml:space="preserve">cuius ab cunctis gentibus ſcripta ſuſpicerentur, ab eo
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              uituperari, indignatus nullum ei dedit reſponſum. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17007" xml:space="preserve">Zoilus autem cum diutius in regno fuiſſet inopia
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              preſſus, ſummiſit ad regem poſtulans, ut aliquid ſibi tribueretur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17008" xml:space="preserve">Rex uero reſpondiſſe dicitur Ho-
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              merum, qui ante annos mille deceſsiſſet æuo perpetuo, multa millia hominum paſcere, item debere,
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              qui meliori ingenio ſe profiteretur, non modo ſe unum, ſed etiam plures alere poſſe. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17009" xml:space="preserve">Et ad ſummam
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              mors eius, ut parricidij damnati uariè memoratur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17010" xml:space="preserve">Alij eum ſcripſerunt a Philadelpho eſſe in crucem
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              fixum, nonnulli in eum lapides eſſe coniectos, alij Smyrnæ uiuum in pyram coniectum, quorum utrũ
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              ei acciderit, merenti digna conſtitit pœna. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17011" xml:space="preserve">Non enim aliter uidetur promereri, qui citat eos, quorũ
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              reſponſum quid ſenſerint ſcribentes, non poteſt coram iudicari. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17012" xml:space="preserve">Ego uero Cæſar, neque alienis in-
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              dicibus mutatis interpoſito nomine meo id profero corpus, neque ullius cogitata uituperans, inſti-
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              tui ex eo me approbare, ſed omnibus ſcriptorbus inſinitas ago gratias de egregijs ingeniotum ſoler-
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              tijs ex æuo collatis, abundantes alijs, alio genere copias præparauerunt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17013" xml:space="preserve">Vnde nos uti fontibus hau-
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              rientes aquam, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17014" xml:space="preserve">ad propria propoſita traducentes, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17015" xml:space="preserve">expeditiores habemus ad ſcribendum faculta-
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              tes; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17016" xml:space="preserve">talibusq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17017" xml:space="preserve">confidentes authoribus audemus inſtitutiones nouas comparare. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17018" xml:space="preserve">Igitur tales ingreſſus
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              eorum habens, quos ad propoſiti mei rationes animaduerti præparatas, inde ſumendo progredi cœ-
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              pi. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17019" xml:space="preserve">Namq; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17020" xml:space="preserve">primum Agatharchus Athenis Aeſchylo docente tragicam ſcenam fecit, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17021" xml:space="preserve">de ea commen
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              tarium reliquit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17022" xml:space="preserve">ex eo moniti Democritus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17023" xml:space="preserve">Anaxagoras de eadem re ſcripſerunt, quemadmodum
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              oporteat adaciem oculorum, radiorumq́ extenſionem certo loco centro conſtituto ad lineas ratio-
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              ne naturali reſpondere, uti de incerta re certæ imagines ædificiorum in ſcenarum picturis redderent
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              ſpeciem; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17024" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17025" xml:space="preserve">quę in directis, planisq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17026" xml:space="preserve">frontibus ſint figuratæ alia abſcedentia, alia prominentia eſſe ui-
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              deantur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17027" xml:space="preserve">Poſtea Silenus de ſymmetrijs Doricorum edidit uolumen; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17028" xml:space="preserve">de æde Iunonis, quæ eſt Sami,
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              Dorica Theodorus, Ionica Epheſi, quæ eſt Dianæ, Cteſiphon, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17029" xml:space="preserve">Metagenes; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17030" xml:space="preserve">de fano Mineruæ, quod
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              eſt Priene, Ionicum, Phileos. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17031" xml:space="preserve">Item de ęde Mineruæ Dorica, quæ eſt Athenis in arce, Ictinus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17032" xml:space="preserve">Car-
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              pion, Theodorus Phoceus de tholo, qui eſt Delphis. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17033" xml:space="preserve">Philo de ædium ſacrarum ſymmetrijs, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17034" xml:space="preserve">de ar-
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              mamentario, quod fuerat Pyræi portu. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17035" xml:space="preserve">Hermogenes de æde Dianæ Ionica, quæ eſt Magneſiæ pſeu-
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              dodipteros, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17036" xml:space="preserve">Liberi patris Teo monopteros. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17037" xml:space="preserve">Item Argelius de ſymmetrijs Corinthijs, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17038" xml:space="preserve">Ionicis
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              Trallibus Aeſculapio, quod etiam ipſe ſua manu dicitur feciſſe. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17039" xml:space="preserve">De Mauſoleo Satyrus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17040" xml:space="preserve">Pytheus, qui-
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              bus uerè felicitas ſummum maximumq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17041" xml:space="preserve">contulit munus. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17042" xml:space="preserve">Eorum enim artes æuo perpetuo nobiliſ-
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              ſimas laudes, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17043" xml:space="preserve">ſempiterno florentes haberc iudicantur, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17044" xml:space="preserve">cogitatis egregias operas præſtiterunt.
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              </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17045" xml:space="preserve">Namque ſingulis frontibus ſinguli artifices, ſumpſerunt, certatim partes ad ornandum, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17046" xml:space="preserve">probandũ,
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              Leochares, Bryaxes, Scopas, Praxiteles, non nulli etiam putant Timotheum, quorum artis eminens
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              excellentia coegit ad ſeptem ſpectaculorum eius operis peruenire famam. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s17047" xml:space="preserve">Præterea minus nobrles
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              multi præcepta ſymmetriarum conſcripſerunt, ut Nexaris, Theocydes, Demophilos, Pollis, Leoni-
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              des, Silanion, Melampus, Sarnacus, Euphranor, non minus de machinationibus, uti Cliades, Archi-
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              tas, Archimedes, Cteſibius, Nimphodorus, Philo Byzanteus, Diphilos, Charidas, Polyidos, </s>
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