VII.

Desidia amoris mvndani.

Ambr. in Hym.
Nescit tarda molimina
Spiritus sancti gratia.[Ambrosius, Expositio in Evangelium secundum Lucam

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Leo.
Non dormientibus prouenit
regnum cœlorum, nec otio
& desidiâ torpentibus beati-
tudo æternitatis repromitti-
tur.

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Ambros.
Nescit tarda molimina
Spiritus sancti gratia.[Ambrosius, Expositio in Evangelium secundum Lucam

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L Amour reprouue les Amants
Qui ne le seruent, que dormants

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Paresse de l’amovr
mondain.

Pourquoy crois-tu qu’Amour porte
des aisles,
Carquois & traits, flesches, plumes
isnelles.
Ne vois-tu pas, que c’est qu’il est soudain?
Iamais l’Amour n’aima lente poursuitte;
Sus leue-toy, auance, & va plus viste,
Car autrement c’est le chercher en vain.

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Odit moras [31] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)) [Compare]
Remake of image, different motto, background landscape and an inscription tablet on the cross added, in: Torpor Amoris [23] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, landscape and an inscription tablet on the cross added, different facial expressions, lying woman without a rosary), the same Latin quotation of Ambrosius and the same French epigram, in:Regt, en voorwaars [32] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]

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Torpor Amoris [23] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
Regt, en voorwaars [32] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))

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Sacred love raises his hand towards the Holy Ghost, represented as a dove, flying towards a cross; a woman lying on a cart drawn by two turtles

God's perfections [11A23]
cross as symbol of Christ [11D121]
Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames) [11E1]
Sloth, Indolence, 'Acedia', 'Desidia'; 'Accidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins [11N37]
aids for prayer, e.g. rosary [11Q22]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
tortoises, turtles (+ animal(s) pulling, drawing something) [25F44(+5247)]
lying on one side, with uplifted upper part of the body and leaning on the arm - AA - female human figure [31AA2364]
ascending (movement in the air) [31A2761]
adult woman [31D15]
heavenly love versus earthly love [33C82]
Love: 'Frau Minne' and other allegories [33C9]
cushion [41A7221]
animal-drawn sledge (Dutch: 'toeslede') [46C148]
Sluggishness, Inertia; 'Dapocaggine', 'Pigritia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54AA11(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ clothed) [56F2(+123)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(DESIDIA AMORIS MUNDANI)]

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Desidia amoris mundani. [7]

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