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[15] Sed in summittendo custode haec maxime sunt observanda. Primum ne resupina1caelum sed prona potius plaga terram spectet;sic enim et 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [p. 420] gelicidiis ipsa se protegit, et ab sole obumbratur. Deinde ne sagittae sed ungulae similis 9fiat resectio; nam illa celerius et latius emoritur, haec tardius et angustius reformidat. Quodque etiam usurpari vitiosissime animadverto, maxime vitandum est; nam dum serviunt decori, quo sit brevior custos et similis
2 facere SAa: de curere c.
3 debent SAacM.
4 maxime SAa.
5 particulorum SAa.
6 ut om. SA: et acM.
7 revocata in SAa, vett. edd.: renovata intra vulgo: renovata sed in c: renovata secundum (in abbr.) M.
8 pro munere supina -SA: primum supina a. a So called from the resemblance of the cross-bars of the trellis, with their four-sided opening, to the square opening of the compluvium in the Roman house roof. Cf. Pliny, N.H. XVII.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 1. Harrison Boyd Ash. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1940. Keyboarding.
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