XXXVIII.

Extasis amoris.

Cant. 8.
Adiuro vos ne suscitetis
neque euigilare faciatis
dilectam, donec ipsa velit.[Bible

, Song of Solomon 8:4]

Cant. 8.
Ego dormio, & cor meum vi-
gilat.[Bible

, Song of Solomon 5:8]

[157] ↓

Cant. 3.
Adiuro vos ne suscitetis dilectam.[Bible

, Song of Solomon 3:5]

Cest sans soucy que ie sommeille.
Puis que mon bien ayme me veille.

[158] ↓

[blanco]

[159] ↓

Extase d’amovr.

O doux sommeil, qui tient l’ame
rauie,
Sans qui le bruit, la rage, ny furie
De ces esprits puisse éueiller ses yeux:
L’Amour luy est fidele sauuegarde,
Et son Amant heureusement la garde
Contre l’effort de tous ces enuieux.

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Same assailants in: Harvey, School of the Heart, embl. 21
Compare assailants: Müller, Himmlischer Liebes-Kuß, p. 235
Use of same quotation: Harvey, School of the Heart, embl. 32
Remake of image, not mirrored, in: Extasis Amoris [81] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]

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Extasis Amoris [81] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))

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Sacred love guards the sleeping soul against the devil, a woman with an orb and a lute (Frau Welt?) and a cupid taking aim

God's perfections [11A23]
devils in the form of (fabulous) animals [11K2]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
putting a finger to the lips, 'Silentium'; 'Silentio' (Ripa) [31B623591]
sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors [31BB13]
adult woman [31D15]
the soul during lifetime [31G1]
heavenly love versus earthly love [33C82]
bellows [41B1311]
purse, money-bag [41D267]
orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top) [44B193]
hacking and thrusting weapons: sword [45C13(SWORD)]
archer's weapons: arrow (+ handling of weapons) [45C15(ARROW)(+63)]
archer's weapons: bow (+ handling of weapons) [45C15(BOW)(+63)]
quiver [45C23]
lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo [48C7323]
Rest; 'Quiete' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A46(+4)]
Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici & venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54E42(+4)]
Confidence, Security, Tranquillity; 'Confidenza', 'Sicurezza e Tranquillité', 'Sicurté', 'Sicurté o Sicurezza', 'Tranquillité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56D3(+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)]
single instruments of the Passion (with NAME) [73D82(BASIN)]
column (of the flagellation) ~ instruments of the Passion [73D82(COLUMN)]
cross ~ instruments of the Passion [73D82(CROSS)]
single instruments of the Passion (with NAME) [73D82(DICE)]
single instruments of the Passion (with NAME) [73D82(HAMMER)]
single instruments of the Passion (with NAME) [73D82(LADDER)]
lance ~ instruments of the Passion [73D82(LANCE)]
single instruments of the Passion (with NAME) [73D82(LANTERN)]
reed ~ instruments of the Passion [73D82(REED)]
single instruments of the Passion (with NAME) [73D82(SPONGE)]
single instruments of the Passion (with NAME) [73D82(TONGS)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(EXTASIS AMORIS)]
Cupid shooting a dart [92D1521]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(ARROW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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Extasis amoris. [38]

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