XLI.

Protectio amoris.

Psalm. 17. v. 3.
Libera me Domine, & pone
me iuxta te, & cuiusuis
manus pugnet contra me.[Bible

, Job 17:3]

Gregor.
Homil. 35.
Si protegente nos Domino vir-
tutem patientiæ seruare con-
tendimus, & in pace Ecclesiæ
viuimus, omnino martyrij
palmam tenemus.

[169] ↓

Ps. 73
Ne tradas bestijs animas confitentes tibi[Bible

, Psalms 74:19]

Ces bestes ne me sont offence
Quand i’ay la Croix pour ma defence.

[170] ↓

[blanco]

[171/Fij] ↓

Protection de l’amovr.

Toute la haine meurtriere
De ceste troupe carnaciere
Ne me sçauroit donner la peur;
Car l’Amour me baillant ses armes
Ie me ris dedans mes alarmes,
Et tout tremble sous ma valeur.

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Assailed by devil-as-lion: Müller, Himmlischer Liebes-Kuß, p. 39
Remake of image, figure of Cupid among the beasts and background landscape added, in: Protectio Amoris [32] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (Cupid and background landscape added) and similar French epigram in:'t Benaude hert, stilt hier zijn smert [4] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]

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Protectio Amoris [32] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
't Benaude hert, stilt hier zijn smert [4] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))

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Undisturbed by the attack of a lion, a leopard and a bear the soul looks up at the hand of God holding a cross

God's perfections [11A23]
the cross ~ symbols of Christ [11D12]
Christ and the Soul [11D51]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
beasts of prey, predatory animals: bear (+ animal(s) attacking) [25F23(BEAR)(+512)]
beasts of prey, predatory animals: leopard (+ animal(s) attacking) [25F23(LEOPARD)(+512)]
beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ animal(s) attacking) [25F23(LION)(+512)]
hand (+ holding something) [31A2245(+933)]
floating in the air (+ variant) [31A2763(+0)]
looking upwards [31B6211]
adult woman [31D15]
the soul during lifetime [31G1]
animals threatening man [34F1]
Fearlessness, Intrepidity; 'Intrepidité & Costanza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A81(+4)]
Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici & venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54E42(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(PROTECTIO AMORIS)]

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Protectio amoris. [41]

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