XI.

Instrvctio amoris.

Sap. 11.17.
Per quæ peccat quis, per
hæc & torquetur.[Bible

, Wisdom of Solomon 11:17]

Deut. 52.2.
Pro mensura peccati erit & pla-
garum modus.[Bible

, Deuteronomy 25:2]

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Sap. 11.17.
Per quæ quis peccat, per hæc
& torquetur.[Bible

, Wisdom of Solomon 11:17]

Apprennons au malheur d’vn autre
A preuenir tant mieux le nostre.

[50] ↓

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[51/Biiij] ↓

Instruction d’Amovr.

Pauure Absalon, qui d’vn Amour
folastre,
De ses cheueux se rendoit idolatre,
Et à leur culte estoit si empesché;
Las! le voilà suspendu par ces tresses,
A qui iadis il fit tant de caresses:
Et son supplice esgal à son peché.

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Remake of image, in: Instructio Amoris [37] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]
Pictura repeated in: Het kwaad werkt zyn beul [14] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (different facial expressions, Cupid added), the same Latin bible quote and French epigram in:Het kwaad werkt zyn beul [14] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]

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Instructio Amoris [37] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
Het kwaad werkt zyn beul [14] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))
Het kwaad werkt zyn beul [14] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))

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Sacred love shows Absalom hanging by his hair to the soul

God's perfections [11A23]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
leading someone by the hand or wrist [31A25432]
index finger forwards, pointing, indicating [31A25552]
adult man (+ hanging) [31D14(+57)]
adult woman [31D15]
violent death by lance, spear [31E23462]
the soul during lifetime [31G1]
heavenly love versus earthly love [33C82]
casting weapons: spear [45C11(SPEAR)]
Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52A51(+4)]
Absent-mindedness (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52AA2(+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)]
Absalom, put to flight on a mule, remains hanging by his hair in an oak-tree [71H849]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(INSTRUCTIO AMORIS)]

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Instructio amoris. [11]

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