^62 On the Art of Painting 



ornatus — itaque cum afpe^ius ejus Scena -propter afpe^ 

 ritatem eblandiretur omnium vijusj et jam id opus 

 probare fuijjent parati, turn Licinius Mathematicus 

 prcdiit et ait Allabandeos Jatis acutos ad omnes res 

 civiles haberi, Jed propter non magnum vitium, inde- 

 centia infipientes eos ejfe judicatos ; quod in Gymnajio 

 eorum, omnes quajunt fiatua, Junt caujas agentes ; in 

 Foro aute'M, dijcos tenentesj aut currentes feu pila 

 ludentes. It a indecens inter locorum proprietates Jlatus 

 Jignorum publice civitati -vitium exijiimationis adjecit. 

 Videamns etiam nunc ne Apaturii Scena efficiat et nos 

 Allabandeos aut Abderitas. ^is enim vejirum domos 

 Jupra tegularum teHa potefi habere aut ColumnaSy 

 Jeu fajiigiorum explicationes ? Hac enim Jupra con- 

 tignationes ponuntur^ non Jupra tegularum te£ia ; Ji 

 ergo qua non pojfunt in veritate rationem habere fadti^ 

 in pi^uris probaverimus, accedemus et nos his civita- 

 tibusy qua propter hac vitia injipientes Junt judicata. 

 Itaque Apaturius contra rejpondere non aujus eft ; Jed 

 Juftulit Jcenam et ad rationem veritatis commutatam 

 poftea corre5lam approbavit. There is ac lead as 

 much realbn to cry ouc in the prefent day, as 

 Vitruvius did at the end of this paflfage Utinam 

 Dii immortales fecijfent ut Licinius revivijceret et corri- 

 geret banc amentiam. The whole of the chapter 

 from whence this extract is taken, is a differ- 

 tation on the coutume in painting and archi- 

 tecture. 



But befide the fpeculative acquiefcence in the 

 rules of the coutume among the ancients, there 



are 



