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Ero navis amoris, habens te astrum lucidum [20]
Facsimile Images
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Translations
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Musaeus Grammaticus, Carmen de Herone et Leandro 212.
Ik zal het schip van liefde zijn, met jou al stralende ster. [cf. Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden 49; Giovio, Dial. p. 80.] |
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Musaeus Grammaticus, Carmen de Herone et Leandro 212.
I will be the schip of love, having you as a shining star. [cf. Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden 49; Giovio, Dial. p. 80.] |
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Het lot regeert de mensen, dierbare minnaars worden verbonden (wie zou het geloven?) doordat de God zelf hen bijeenbrengt.
Hij zorgt ervoor dat zoals de Grote Beer een magneet, een lieve vriendin haar minnaar leidt. |
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Fate governs people, dear lovers are united (unbelievable!) because the god himself brings them together. He makes a dear
girl-friend lead her lover just like the Great Bear leads a magnet. |
Literature
- Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata
, col. 1471
- Porteman about the compass and the Pole Star, taken from Giovio:
Hooft, Emblemata amatoria, p. 146
- Praz, Seventeenth-Century Imagery, pp. 107-108
- Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 22
Sources and parallels
- The compass: Hugo, Pia desideria (ed. Arwaker), bk/embl. 3/4
- Also in: Animos nil dirimit. [49] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
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And in: Een treckt my [3] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611))
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Porteman 1975, p. 213. Pictura slightly altered in:Curiositas Amoris [77] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
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Same pictura, slightly altered, different motto, same Latin subscriptio:Amor mihi Astrum. [39] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
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The compass also in:Animos nil dirimit. [49] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
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The power of love compared with the power of magnetism also in:Animos nil dirimit. [48] (in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Animos nil dirimit. [48] (in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618))
- Animos nil dirimit. [49] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
- Animos nil dirimit. [49] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
- Amor mihi Astrum. [39] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
- Een treckt my [3] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611))
Iconclass
A cupid, holding a quadrant, faces a woman; a star indicating the North (pole); a compass on the table- stars and constellations (with NAME)
[24D1(POLARIS)]
- compass
[25C21]
- coast
[25H13]
- lover (woman) alone (e.g. longing for the beloved)
[33C2162]
- terrace
[41A351]
- table
[41A711]
- cover for table, etc.
[41A713]
- quadrant, sextant, octant (nautical instruments)
[46C2822]
- Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosité dell'animo', 'Fortezza
& valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54A7(+4)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(ERO NAVIS AMORIS, HABENS TE ASTRUM LUCIDUM)]
- other non-aggressive activities of Cupid
[92D156]