XXXVI.

Desiderivm amoris.

Philip. 1.
Cvpio dissolui, & esse cum
Christo.[Bible

, Philippians 1:23]

Ambros. de bono mort. c. 3.
Mors igitur solutio est animæ
& corporis, solutio autem ista,
quid aliud agit, nisi vt corpus
resoluatur & quiefcat, anima
autem conuertatur in requiem
suam, & sit libera, quæ si pia
est, cum Christo futura sit.

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Cupio dissoluit et esse cum Christo[Bible

, Philippians 1:23]

Puis que l’Amour seul est ma vie,
Douce est la mort qui me deslie.

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[blanco]

[151] ↓

Desir d’amovr.

Rompons, rompons ceste prison fas-
cheuse,
Sortons, sortons de ceste vie honteuse,
Et que la mort detache ce chaisnon;
Puis qu’il vaut mieux, cher Amour, de te
suyure,
Et à celuy qui sans Amour veut viure,
ll faut außi qi’il viue sans raison.

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Remake of image, different motto, in: Impatientia Amoris [65] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]
Choice between Christ's yoke and the wordly life leading to death in:Rectum judicium [4] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615)) [Compare]
Parallel for the main pictorial elements (mirrored, background added), the same Latin bible quote and French epigram in:Wie zoekt de Vryheit niet [11] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]

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Impatientia Amoris [65] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
Rectum judicium [4] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615))
Wie zoekt de Vryheit niet [11] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))

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Death is about to loosen the chain that attaches the soul to life, so it can run to sacred love

God's perfections [11A23]
love towards God; 'Amore verso Iddio' (Ripa) [11Q01]
'Desiderio verso Iddio' (Ripa) [11Q02]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
adult woman [31D15]
Death as skeleton [31F26]
the soul during lifetime [31G1]
help (to an endangered fellow man) [33A61]
prisoner; in fetters (+ variant) [44G312(+0)]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chain [47D8(CHAIN)]
mask, mascaron ~ ornament [48A98211]
ornament ~ festoon, garland [48A9875]
base (~ column, pillar) [48C1613]
(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)]
Mortality, Extinction of Life (+ emblematical representation of concept) [58BB1(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(DESIDERIUM AMORIS)]

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Desiderium amoris. [36]

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