Conservat cuncta Cupido.

Ni cœlum, ac Mundi totius machina Amoris
Concordi unita, ac pace ligata forent,
Omnia deficerent vinclis Elementa Soluta,
Visaque in antiquum velle redire chaos.

Conserva il tutto Amore.

Fanciullo Amore il ciel, l'onde, e la terrá
Trapassa con sui dardi, vnisce i cori;
Il mondo fora vn chaos pien d'horrori
Senza amor, ch'ogni cosa nutre, e serra.

Il conserve tout.

L'Amour par des liens secrets, mais tout puissants
Conserve et reünit la machine du monde.
La discorde sans luy, minant les Elements
Reduiroit au Caos les Cieux, la terre, et l'onde.

Hy Behouwd Alles

De liefde, door zyn Macht, houwd alles in haar Stant
En Zonder hem Verviel het alles Haast in Duigen.
Hy bind het alles, door een Zeer Verborgen band,
'tGeen hemel, Aarde, lucht en Zee Zelfs moet betuigen.

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Same motto, pictura shows ground and sky: Conservat cuncta cupido [18] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)) [Compare]

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Conservat cuncta cupido [18] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))

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A cupid transfixes heaven and earth with his arrows

zodiac; the twelve zodiacal signs together [23O]
spheres ~ heavens [24G]
earth, world as celestial body [25]
river [25H213]
floating in the air [31A2763]
archer's weapons: arrow (+ handling of weapons) [45C15(ARROW)(+63)]
archer's weapons: bow (+ handling of weapons) [45C15(BOW)(+63)]
quiver [45C23]
Order, Arrangement, Organization (+ emblematical representation of concept) [51D1(+4)]
Coherence (+ emblematical representation of concept) [51E4(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(CONSERVAT CUNCTA CUPIDO)]
'Omnia vincit Amor', Love the conqueror, Love triumphant [92D1511]
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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