Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
Table of contents ↑Via nulla est invia amore [47]
Translations
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Voor de liefde is geen enkele weg onbegaanbaar. |
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No road is impassable for love. |
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Door welke donkere weg zou Amor zijn pad niet proberen te banen, wie wijst h de blinde gevaren van de onbetrouwbare zee af?
Zijn pijlkoker is hem een schip, zijn lichte boog hem een roeiriem; om de haven te bereiken, waagt Amor alles. |
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Through which dark road would Amor not try to force his way, who refuses the blind dangers of the unreliable sea? His quiver
is his boat, his light bow is his oar; to reach the harbour, Amor dares everything. |
Sources and parallels
- Via nulla est invia Amori [30] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))
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- Cupid rowing: Invia amanti nulla est via [48] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615))
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- Myrtilus escapes by floating away on his shield: Alciato, Book of Emblems, embl. 162
- Squirrel sailing, using its tail as sail: Visscher, Sinnepoppen [web], bk/embl. II/15
- Allusion in motto of an affixio ('Via nulla labori invia'): Porteman, Emblematic exhibitions, p. 111
- Jezus and the soul rowing: De Ziele gestadig tegen den stroom der sonden oproeyende [13] (in: Jan Luyken, Jesus en de ziel (1685))
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Parallel for the pictura (Cupid rowing) and some mottoes (French, English, Dutch, though not exact) in: L’Amour passant l’eau sur son Carquois (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- L’Amour passant l’eau sur son Carquois (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
- De Ziele gestadig tegen den stroom der sonden oproeyende [13] (in: Jan Luyken, Jesus en de ziel (1685))
- Invia amanti nulla est via [48] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615))
- Via nulla est invia Amori [30] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))