Plutarch.
AMANTIS VERI COR, VT SPECVLVM SPLENDIDVM.

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Vt purum, nitidum, haud fallens speculum decet esse;
Sic verus quoque sit, non simulatus Amor,
Verùm candidus, & qui animum fert fronte in aperta.
Conueniunt dolus, & fucus, Amorque malè.

Cleer and pure.

Euen as the perfect glasse doth rightly shew the face,
The louer must appeer right as hee is in deed,
For in the law of loue hath loyaltie decreed,
That falshood with true loue must have no byding place.

Chiaro, e puro.

Come mostra lo specchio vn viso tale
Qual’è, cosi dourebbe l’amatore
Mostrar di fuori, com’ è dentro, il core.
Conuien che al detto sia la voglia eguela.

Claer en suyuer.

Een spieghel ongeualst moet zijn in haer vertonen:
Oprecht/ en ongheueynst moet zijn een minnaer goedt/
Soo hy van buyten schijnt moet tuyghen sijn ghemoedt:
Want valscheyt/ en de Liefd’ by een niet konnen wonen.

Pur & net.

Comme le miroir rend la face qui se mire
Toute telle qu’elle est, de mesme doibt l’amant
Se monstrer au dehors, comme au cœur il se sent:
Il faut que le penser soit conforme à son dire.

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Plutarchus

Het hart van een echte minnaar is als een schitterende spiegel.

Plutarchus

The heart of a true lover is like a splendid mirror.

Zoals een spiegel zuiver, glanzend en onbedrieglijk behoort te zijn, zo moet de liefde echt zijn en niet geveinsd, maar oprecht en zijn gezicht moet zijn gevoelens laten zien. List en bedrog passen slecht bij de liefde.

Like a mirror should be pure, shining and not deceiving, in the same way also love must be true and not feigned, but upright and its face should show its feelings. Cunning and guile do not suit love.

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Amantis veri cor, ut speculum splendidum [4] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Achste Verdeeling. [8] (in: Jan Luyken, Duytse lier (1671)) [Compare]
Contradicts, according to Daly: Amoris iusiurandum poenam non habet [71] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)) [Compare]
Pictura which parallels this one: Deur valsch [20] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and the French and Latin motto (partly) in: Un Amour avec un Miroir à sa main (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Un Amour avec un Miroir à sa main (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Achste Verdeeling. [8] (in: Jan Luyken, Duytse lier (1671))
Amoris iusiurandum poenam non habet [71] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
Amantis veri cor, ut speculum splendidum [4] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid holding up a mirror

trees [25G3]
mountains [25H11]
sitting on the ground [31A2351]
mirror [31A511]
quiver [45C23]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
Sincerity; 'Purité et Sincerité d'animo', 'Sincerité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A612(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(AMANTIS VERI COR, UT SPECULUM SPLENDIDUM)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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