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# Title: Leibnitii Protogaea. Abschrift der Protogaea von Eccard revidirt, unter dem Titel: De ortu et antiquissimo statu rerum naturalium in regionibus Brunsvico-Luneburgensibus Dissertatio (shelfmark Ms XXIII, 23b)
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# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 39, 2026-08-27T09:55:26Z — 31 lines, status machine
# Lines: 31 recognised, mean confidence 0.98
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percam, alburnum. petrae ins
sculptos. Paulo ante erutus
erat ingens lucus, flexco cor
pore, ore aperto, quasi sic
deprehensus vivus gorgonia
vi obriguisset. Visi et marini
generis, ut raja, halea et
Campetra, et haec aliquando
halece decussata. Hic pleri.
que ad lusus naturae con-
suqiunt; quin et ichtiomor
phi nostri lapidis exemplo
usi, tanquam indubitato
oblectantis se rerum genii
specimine, etiam caetera con
troversa firmare sperant, in
quibres magnam architectatris
cem, velut per jocum dentes
atque ossa animalium, con-
chylia, serpentesque imila
tam volunt. Quoties enim
eo argumento premuntur,
quod rudes tantum adumbra-
tiones rei animalis extra
animal nasci consentane
um sit, ad nostros lapides
provocant; ubi fatendum
est, delineationi nihil per-
fectionis adjici posse. Nam
plerumque genus piscis
agnoseas, primo obtutre;