pliny in his 'naturalis historia' on shells .............................................................................................................................................................................

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pliny in his 'naturalis historia' on shells --- pliny in his 'naturalis historia' on shells : 'firmioris iam testae murices et concharum genera, in quibus magna ludentis naturae varietas. tot colorum differentiae, tot figurae planis, concavis, longis, lunatis, in orbem circumactis, dimidio orbe caesis, in dorsum elatis, levibus, rugatis, denticulatis, stratis, vertice muricatim intorto, margine in mucronem emisso, foris effuso, intus replicato, iam distinctione virgulata, crinita, crispa, canaliculatim, pectinatim divisa, imbricatim undata, cancellatim reticulata, in obliquum, in rectum espansa, densata, porrecta, sinuata, brevi nodo ligatis, toto latere connexis, ad plausum apertis, ad bucinum recurvis. navigant ex iis veneriae praebentesque concavam sui partem at aurae opponentes per summa aequorum velificant. saliunt pectines et extra volitant seque et ipsi carinant'... and in connection with scallops, he adds ...'pectines in mari ex eodem genere habentur, reconditi et ipsi magnis frigoribus ac magnis aestibus, unguesque velut igne lucentes in tenebris, etiam in ore mandentium'... then he complains ... 'sed quid haec tam parva commemoro, cum populatio morum atque luxuria non aliunde magis quam e concharum genere proveniat?' - back to the article ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------