Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)

AMORIS VMBRA INVIDIA.

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Gestit ouans Amor, & de re sibi plaudit amata;
Nescius inuidiam se, velut vmbra, sequi.
Hoc habet omnis Amor, vt apertum liuor adurat,
Tutus ab inuidia cùm sit opertus Amor.

Enuy is loues shadow.

The more the Sunne shynes cleer the darker shadows bee,
The more loue doth appeer the more is enuy seen,
For enuy hath of loue the shadow euer been,
And loue securest lyes within dark secresie.

Inuidia è ombra d’Amore.

Quanto piu luce il sol, piu appar l’oscuro,
Quanto piu bello sembra Amor, piu versa,
Tosco l’Inuidia, ombra di lui peruersa.
l’Amor ch’è piu secreto è piu securo.

Nijdt Liefdes schaduwe.

Al watter comt in ’t licht dat brenght sijn schaduw’ mede;
Cupido altoos heeft voor schaduwe de nijdt/
Hoe claerder hy hem toont/ hoe min daer van bevrijt.
In ’t duyster en ’t secreet blijft Liefde meest in vrede.

Enuie ombre d’Amour.

Plus clair luit le soleil, plus noir paroit l’ombrage,
Plus d’Amour paroit beau, plus vomit de poison,
La maigre, & noire enuie, (ombre de Cupidon.)
Le secret Amour est plus franc de sa rage.

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Translations

Jaloezie is de schaduw van de liefde.

Envy is the shadow of love.

Cupido juicht opgetogen en juicht iets wat door hem wordt bemind, toe, zonder te beseffen dat jaloezie hem als een schaduw volgt. Elke Liefde brengt met zich mee dat als hij openlijk is, de afgunst brandt, maar wanneer hij verborgen blijft, de Liefde vrij is van jaloezie.

Cupid cheerfully exults and applauds something that is loved by him, without knowing that envy is following him like a shadow. Each Love has [is connected with] this, that when it is overt, envy is burning, but when it is kept secret, Love is safe from envy.

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Sources and parallels

Alciato, Book of Emblems, embl. 71
Sebastián mentions: Amant alterna camoenæ. [30] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612)) [Compare]
Invidia vanquished: Tempera te tempor. [81] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612)) [Compare]
Amoris umbra invidia [25] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and some mottoes (the Latin and Italian ones exact, the Dutch, English and French ones not exact) in: Un Amour qui forme l’ombre de l’envie (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]
Cupid followed by Envy: Amoris domitrix invidia. [22] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Ambacht van Cupido, from: Nederduytsche poemata (1616)) [Compare]
Cupid followed by Envy: Jnvidia amoris comes. [25] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690)) [Compare]
Buschoff 2004, p. 115, note 712. Love pursued by Avarice, also in:Amoris domitrix invidia. [22] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Ambacht van Cupido, from: Nederduytsche poemata (1616)) [Compare]

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Jnvidia amoris comes. [25] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
Un Amour qui forme l’ombre de l’envie (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Amoris domitrix invidia. [22] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Ambacht van Cupido (1613))
Amoris domitrix invidia. [22] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Ambacht van Cupido (1613))
Amoris domitrix invidia. [22] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Ambacht van Cupido, from: Nederduytsche poemata (1616))
Amoris domitrix invidia. [22] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Ambacht van Cupido, from: Nederduytsche poemata (1616))
Amoris umbra invidia [25] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615))
Amant alterna camoenæ. [30] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612))
Tempera te tempor. [81] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612))

Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)

Amoris umbra invidia [26]

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