XXVI.

Balnevm amoris.

Ierem. 4.
Laua à malitia cor tuum, ut
salua fias.[Bible

, Jeremiah 4:14]

Dealba me Domine, & munda
cor meum, vt dealbatus in
sanguine Agni gaudiis per-
fruar sempiternis.

[109] ↓

Ier. 4.
Laua a malitia cor tuum, ut salua fias.[Bible

, Jeremiah 4:14]

Ie laue mon cœur dans ce bain
Pour le loger dans vostre sein.

[110] ↓

[blanco]

[111/Diij] ↓

Bain d’amovr.

Raisin d’Amour qu’vne rigueur
estrange,
Pour mes pechez, presse, foule & ven-
dange,
Tant que l’on void desborder cest estang:
Permettez-moy que i’y baigne & repas-
me
Ce cœur atteint des taches de mon ame,
Qui ne se peut lauer qu’en vostre sang.

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Compare Harvey, School of the Heart, embl. 17
Remake of image, fenced garden and plants in the foreground added, in: Balneum Amoris [54] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, fenced garden and plants in the foreground added, different facial expressions), the same Latin bible quotation and French epigram, in:Het bloed Christi reynigt ons van alle onze zonden [34] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]

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Balneum Amoris [54] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
Het bloed Christi reynigt ons van alle onze zonden [34] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))

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The soul is washing its heart in the fountain that is filled with the blood of sacred love

God's perfections [11A23]
'Fons Vitae', 'Fons Pietatis' (+ variant) [11D326(+0)]
the Sacred Blood [11D423]
penitence, repentance; 'Penitenza', 'Pentimento', 'Pentimento de'peccati', 'Purgatione de peccati' (Ripa) [11Q12]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
heart [31A2221]
blood [31A22611]
washing and bathing - AA - in the open air (+ variant) [31AA54(+0)]
adult woman [31D15]
utilitarian, public pump or water fountain (+ variant) [44E14(+0)]
Preservation, Sustenance; 'Salvezza', 'Sostanza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54E43(+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)]
Viciousness, Naughtiness (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA6(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(BALNEUM AMORIS)]

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Balneum amoris. [26]

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