A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . [5>7 OF THE EIE THE INSTRV- MENT OF SEEING THE BEAMES. CHAT. NsoiuvcHas the Eiels the chiefe foundation of thePerfpe&iucs (for indeede without it they canot ftand)therfore the Perfpe&iuers call it the * Center, Marke, * s« b>. in tUPoint, Terme, and the Cone of the Fyramu, which (as wW» *fe *lhaucfaide) is vfually made according to the formeand bafe of the obiect in our fight. Firft then it is cal-led theF0#tf^f/0#ofPerfpeftiue,becaufeby it there Thefoun-are two fightes formed, the one Naturall & the other fa
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . [5>7 OF THE EIE THE INSTRV- MENT OF SEEING THE BEAMES. CHAT. NsoiuvcHas the Eiels the chiefe foundation of thePerfpe&iucs (for indeede without it they canot ftand)therfore the Perfpe&iuers call it the * Center, Marke, * s« b>. in tUPoint, Terme, and the Cone of the Fyramu, which (as wW» *fe *lhaucfaide) is vfually made according to the formeand bafe of the obiect in our fight. Firft then it is cal-led theF0#tf^f/0#ofPerfpeftiue,becaufeby it there Thefoun-are two fightes formed, the one Naturall & the other : Naturall infomuch as the fhapes of things fcene,doe come vntoit fimply by the beames which it receaues: Rational, becaufe it farther con-fidcrs the reafon and effect of the fight, whence the Perfpettiues are de-riued;& vpon this are the firft elements of the art grounded. It is called theCenter becaufe all the lines of the bafe and circumference of the obiecl:,doe meete in if, as in a circle all the lines runne from the circumference to thecenter. And hence is it alfo called the JMarke,becaufe
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