Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)
Table of contents ↑Speculatio Amoris [74]![](/static/images/em.gif)
![Sacred love and the soul are pointing at their image in a mirror ad1629076pict](/static/images//ad1629/pictura/0149pldl2032.jpg)
XXXII.
Alu. Paz
HIc extollit Deus animam supra omnem dis-
cursum, & ratiocinationem velut in quan-
dam speculam & ibi faculam splendidissimam
accendit sapientie, & perfectiones suas, aut
mysteria humanitatis Christi, aut sæculi aut bono-
rum eius vilitatem, aut aliquam scripturarum ve-
ritatem, aut quædam ad maiorem mentis purita-
tem pertinentia, inspicienda proponit. statuit Do-
minus speculam, quia animam ad superiora ele-
uat. & statuit anima ipsa sibi speculam, quia au-
xilio Domini eleuata, intelligentiam ad cœlestia
subleuat, intellectus luce illa quasi vno intuitu
& in ictu oculi, Deum (vt aiunt) sibi astantem &
animæ præsentem videt, eo modo, qui explicari
non potest, & ac si in tabella pulchram imaginem
depictam videret, sic simpliciter eius perfectiones
intelligit, videt Deum esse incomprehensibilem
naturam in suo esse: simplicissimam puritatem in
suâ sanctitate: inscrutabilem profunditatem in
suâ sapientiâ: inaccessibilem, altitudinem in sua
excellentia; ineffabilem latitudinem in sua chari-
tate: infinitam longitudinem in sua æternitate.
esse clarissimam caliginem, plenissimam solitudi-
nem, abundantissimam simplicitatem, creatura-
rum requiem, & commune gaudium sui ipsius &
omnium Angelorum atque Sanctorum.Alu. paz.
de grad. cont.![ad1629_2_032_body1_div2_tr_en translation](/static/images/en.gif)
HIc extollit Deus animam supra omnem dis-
cursum, & ratiocinationem velut in quan-
dam speculam & ibi faculam splendidissimam
accendit sapientie, & perfectiones suas, aut
mysteria humanitatis Christi, aut sæculi aut bono-
rum eius vilitatem, aut aliquam scripturarum ve-
ritatem, aut quædam ad maiorem mentis purita-
tem pertinentia, inspicienda proponit. statuit Do-
minus speculam, quia animam ad superiora ele-
uat. & statuit anima ipsa sibi speculam, quia au-
xilio Domini eleuata, intelligentiam ad cœlestia
subleuat, intellectus luce illa quasi vno intuitu
& in ictu oculi, Deum (vt aiunt) sibi astantem &
animæ præsentem videt, eo modo, qui explicari
non potest, & ac si in tabella pulchram imaginem
depictam videret, sic simpliciter eius perfectiones
intelligit, videt Deum esse incomprehensibilem
naturam in suo esse: simplicissimam puritatem in
suâ sanctitate: inscrutabilem profunditatem in
suâ sapientiâ: inaccessibilem, altitudinem in sua
excellentia; ineffabilem latitudinem in sua chari-
tate: infinitam longitudinem in sua æternitate.
esse clarissimam caliginem, plenissimam solitudi-
nem, abundantissimam simplicitatem, creatura-
rum requiem, & commune gaudium sui ipsius &
omnium Angelorum atque Sanctorum.Alu. paz.
de grad. cont.
![ad1629_2_032_body1_div2_tr_en translation](/static/images/en.gif)
Speculation de l'Amour.
XXXII.
Quand tu vois ce miroir, qui dans sa belle glace,
De deux amants vnis represente la face,
Ne crois pas que ce soit leur plus grande vnion:
Car celle de l'amour, par sa metamorphose,
De leurs esprits diuers, fait vne mesme chose,
Qui est le point de dernier de sa perfection.
XXXII.
Quand tu vois ce miroir, qui dans sa belle glace,
De deux amants vnis represente la face,
Ne crois pas que ce soit leur plus grande vnion:
Car celle de l'amour, par sa metamorphose,
De leurs esprits diuers, fait vne mesme chose,
Qui est le point de dernier de sa perfection.
Translations
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Love's panorama. |
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Behold, you are beautiful my dearest, Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved. |
Sources and parallels
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Possibly based on, not mirrored, motto slightly different, in: Speculum amoris. [30]
(in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628)
) [Compare
]
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Parallel for the pictura (exact copy), the same Latin bible quote and the French epigram in:Altyt naar 't Schoonste [12]
(in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)
) [Compare
]
References, across this site, to this page:
- Speculum amoris. [30]
(in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628)
)
- Altyt naar 't Schoonste [12]
(in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)
)