Columella, Res Rustica, ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner, 8.2.8

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[8] Sint ergo matrices robii coloris ¹quadratae, pectorosae, magnis capitibus, rectis rutilisque cristulis,²albis auribus, et sub hac specie quam amplissimae, nec paribus ungulis:³generosissimaeque ⁴creduntur, quae quinos habent digitos, sed ita ne cruribus emineant transversa calcaria. Nam quae hoc virile gerit insigne, contumax ad concubitum dedignatur ⁵admittere marem, raroque fecunda, etiam cum incubat, calcis aculeis ova perfringit. ⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶

Res Rustica. Columella. ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner. London. 1941-1955.

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Res Rustica. Books I-IX (Columella. On agriculture, Volume 1-2. Ash, Harrison Boyd; Foster, Edward Seymour; Heffner, Edward H., editors. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1941.)

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Res Rustica

6. dispendeat c: distendant SAa.

7. insidiatorum SA: insidiosorum ac.

8. infuscae SAc: fuscae a.

9. pinnis SAc: pennis a.

10. vitentur a: evitentur c: viterbitentur SA.

11. reperiantur codd.

12. robii coloris S: robusta coloris A: probi coloris ac.

13. rectis rutulisque cristulis c: rectis rutilis SA: rectilis (rectis a2) rutulisque cristulis a1.

14. ungulis ac: unguibus SA.

15. generosissimeque ac: generosis eque S: generosis seque

16. dedignatur Sac: dedignatam A

Columella Res Rustica 8.2.8

ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner

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