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Medio tutissimus ibis [16]
Dædalus, en, medium tenet, extrema Icarus; ille
Transvolat, hic mersus nomine signat aquas.
Gaudet Amor medio, nec summa nec infima quærit;
Si qua voles apté nubere, nube pari.
Transvolat, hic mersus nomine signat aquas.
Gaudet Amor medio, nec summa nec infima quærit;
Si qua voles apté nubere, nube pari.
't Midden is 't beste.
In 't vryen 't middelpadt met Dedalus volght wijslijck,
Met Icarus te hoogh en vlieght niet onbedacht,
Te laegh oock niet bemint, zo werdy niet veracht.
Te vryen zijns ghelijck, is t'allen tyden prijslijck.
Met Icarus te hoogh en vlieght niet onbedacht,
Te laegh oock niet bemint, zo werdy niet veracht.
Te vryen zijns ghelijck, is t'allen tyden prijslijck.
Au milieu plus seur.
Le sentier du milieu retien avec Dedale,
Et adresse ton vol ny trop haut, ny trop bas:
Il faut de tout en tout se reigler au compas:
Aussi est le meilleur aimer partie esgale.
Et adresse ton vol ny trop haut, ny trop bas:
Il faut de tout en tout se reigler au compas:
Aussi est le meilleur aimer partie esgale.
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Modelled after: Medio tutissimus ibis [22] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
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- Medio tutissimus ibis [22] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
Iconclass
A cupid, holding compasses, points at Icarus, falling from the sky- sun as celestial body
[24A]
- cultivated land
[25H18]
- landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
[25H2]
- sitting on the ground
[31A2351]
- index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
[31A25552]
- flying
[31A2762]
- falling through the air
[31A2764]
- quiver
[45C23]
- ploughing
[47I123]
- compasses
[49D5111]
- the Golden Mean; 'Mediocrité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54A431(+4)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(MEDIO TUTISSIMUS IBIS)]
- other non-aggressive activities of Cupid
[92D156]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(QUIVER)]
- death i.e. the fall of Icarus (Daedalus present)
[95A(ICARUS)68]