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If nature has composed the human body so that in its proportions the seperate individual elements answer to the total form, then the Ancients seem to have had reason to decide that…

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Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the resu…

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For an object under the eye will appear very different from the same object placed above it; in an inclosed space, very different from the same in an open space.

Vitruvius eye space same

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

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Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

Vitruvius good appearance taste

Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the …

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Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt.

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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and…

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Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to …

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Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.

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Unscramble VITRUVIUS 9-letter words that start with V 9-letter words that end in S 9-letter words containing IT 9-letter words containing US 9-letter words with V and I

Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day

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Hint 1 meaning

The old plural of Eye.

Hint 2 anagram

NEE

Hint 3 another clue

AND STILL ___

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