De Conchis ingenercLib. IV. 



telesinterpreteGaza.Plinius&: Apuleius conchulas forma dirainutiua.dixerunt : &: Gre;ci fimiliter 

 ^7X'«- Strabo& Diocles. Conchyliumquandoque ingenere pro quauis conchaaPlinio vfurpatur. 

 Animalia iacentiaprogeneribus concharum Columelladixiife videturS.ir.autforte profoleis&hu Ca>} -h'^ m 

 ufmodiplanis. Conchaltalice adhucdicitur conca : vt & Hifpanicc cmcha. Nichio etiam Tufcis 

 concham fonat . Galli circunloquuntnr, Toute fartedepoijfm a coq-ilU , Germanis Mu\cheln • Flandris 



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S^^Anglinominantomneteftatumanimal,nos _&A*'/S/;/>proferemus, vei Schdlftjch. fed priori no- 

 minevtipreftiteritadvitandamhoraonymiam.quoniamafeUi quoquefpecies , quam a Rheno infe- 

 riores Germani denominant Rheynfif h,&\io nomine Schillfifih dicitur a fluuio Scalda vel Scaldi,qui iuxta 

 Antuerpiam in mare profluit. Poloni concham Cw/^interpretantur.Sadaf eft conchula marina, Ve- 

 tus gloifoeraphus Auicennc,.Haly medici Punici interpres Sadephum fcribit. In Auicennae animali- 

 umhiftoria,quamexAriftotelemagnaexpartetranftulit,proconcha,alzuneumdixiifeinuenioiinter- 



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Silicumduritiategunturoftre^&concha^,Plinius.SpeiifippusinlibroSimi!ium iimiles lnter ie ia- u 



« citpurpuras,ftrabelos,conchas. . eomhmtm 



DifferentiasconcharumquodadteftasgraphiceelegantiiTimeq;Pliniusdefcripfit, & exeorepetiit &n fl 0tonm 

 Rondeletius.NoseafdemhicGr?ceproponemus,vtAtheneuslibrotertiorecitat.Arift,oteles('inquit) m vn i uer f um 

 mlibro de animalibus fic fcribit: Oftreafunt,(ideftteftata,) vtpinna,oftreum(fpeciatimdidum,) rni- Jijftranti*. 

 tilus,peden,vnguis,conchapatella,tethos,balanus. GreiTiliaverd,buccinam,purpura, hedypur- 

 pura'echinus& ftrabelus : (lanauamoftrea dtcanturpropr t ecju<x,cuneiueie(latorumbiuals*iaJunt ,& ptteU* am- 

 aue vmualuu : eademcjueomntapwredtendivi&tnfirHmcntucarcanf. Grejfdta verofim.buccinam _purpura^ ali^ 

 qHatttrbinata+nontamenfolahac ,fedex btualutbm quoquenonnullamoueri conftat^vtpeBmes.) Et mox: fi'«* p fta» 



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 EeoapudAriftotelemhjecverbanotireperio. Libroautemquartohiftorie animalium capite quarto s 

 Teftatorum differentif legunturhuiufmodi : Eorum quardam turbinata effeymuGufy : alia non turbina 

 ta.Rurfus exhis monothyrafunt, qu^ teftavnacontinentut: dithyraqusduabus. Suntitcmquib.al- 

 terapars fuperficiei detedacarnemoftendat, vtpatell?,. f Tanquampatellannter non turbinatagenus ^^^ 

 tertium conftituta,kC£teris duobus,biualuibus inquam vniualuibusq; diuerfum:cum tamen recentio J ^ 1 *"* 

 res pleiriq; omnes,patellas vniualues faciant.Certe hoc in loco Ariftotelcs triagenera aperte xonftituit, 

 Vtretulimus^&GazafimilitertranftLilkMtanimirumfeiniens^TurbinatorumcarnemincludivUiii^ 

 ceruicem&caputexeruntcumlibet: Nonturbinatoril veroinaliisincluditeftavelgemina, vtincha- CoHt ^ & # m 



^ mis: velfingulari,quorumfpeeiemnullamnomi43auit,videturautemdeconchisillisfentire quas\*-^. 

 nercas aut porcellanas vulgo nominant.nam fi Ariftoteles fub monothyris illas non c6prehendit:quod 

 namaliudgenuseisaiiignabimus?Prietereacumnonmodo dithyras, fed monothyras quocuconchas 

 fuis teftis, has fingulari , illasgemmiscontineri&includi( v&aLx^) dicac » patells etd conchara 

 velteftam vnam duntaxathabeant,eatamennoncontinenturautincluduntur : fed altera partenudce 

 iunt,quafaxoadhsrent,quodeisalteriusteft?locoeft. Quamobremauttriaftatim,vthic Ariftoteles, 

 nonturbinatorumponemusgenera:aurpptiusbinatantuminprimadiuifionc,itavteorumaliadithyra 



fint:aliamonothyra.&horu rurfus fpecifes^uV- vna,qUiteftafuafeinorbemcQlligente carnem occul 

 ^ ° tat.vt concha; VeneresE:altera,vtpatella$ ■^ckrnem exdimidiaparte nuda oftendiiat. Addit & quartum 

 eenus Ariftoteles,eorum que omniho & omiex parte folida includantur, vt ftmt tethya.Paulo po(t,cu 

 fcribit:Papauer cochai omnes habet,fi:daliaparte patcll<j,alia biualues: videtur patellas ceu vnuialues, 

 biualuibus opponere : quod qnidem "eo "fieri modo poteft s vt iam diaueft. Verum quarto de 

 partibus animaliumlibro capite -quirilf-b'V eTolispateliis videtur vniualuium genus conftituere An • 

 ftoteles. Vniualue genus ( inquit ) qubdfaxisteftaindorfumdataadhsretjferuaripoteft : fitq; aiie " 

 no fepto quodamodo biualue,vt qua* patella- vocantur.Sed ne aduerfeturipfe fibi Ariftoteles,itav* P ra; 

 diximus vniualuium genus in fpecies duas diftingui poterit.nifi quis Airiftoteli genus iilud concha^ 

 quas Venereas cognominamiisignotum fuiiTaputet: quodnoninmediterraneo(nifallor ) fedin *• 

 ceauo tantum generentur, 6c ex India etiam autaliis ad Orientem fitis regionibus maritimis adte- 

 rantur. Plinii quidemfeculonotasfuifledubiurriftoneft. Dubitetetiamaliquisanthyr2ehoceft vval '* 

 ^ U£enomen,inglobumfe colligenticoncha; recbepoiTit attribui : patellarum faneteftis multo ap au * 

 jquadrarevidetur: quaeetiamfi fimplices funt,biualuiumtamenteftas referunt Sedha-cin mediuexpo" 

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