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Sine fomite frustra [45]
Sine fomite frustra.
Qui cupiens lentæ
nimium tepidæque puellæ
est,
Frustra est, ac nugas, illius instar, agit,
Qui silice, abstrusum sine fomite quæritat ignem.
Mutuus est vere fomes Amoris Amor.
Frustra est, ac nugas, illius instar, agit,
Qui silice, abstrusum sine fomite quæritat ignem.
Mutuus est vere fomes Amoris Amor.
Te vergheefs.
Hier uyt den viersteen werdt vergeefs het vier geslagen,
Want daer geen vonck en is: vergeefs men oock bemint,
Die sonder Liefdes vonck men onbeweeght bevint.
Oock sonder wederliefd' ist qualick Liefd' te draghen.
Want daer geen vonck en is: vergeefs men oock bemint,
Die sonder Liefdes vonck men onbeweeght bevint.
Oock sonder wederliefd' ist qualick Liefd' te draghen.
En vain.
La main travaille en vain, qui du fusil sans mesche
Pense tirer du feu: en vain on aime aussi
Vn cœur transi de glace, & de marbre endurci:
Au chasteau de rocher a peine se fait bresche.
Pense tirer du feu: en vain on aime aussi
Vn cœur transi de glace, & de marbre endurci:
Au chasteau de rocher a peine se fait bresche.
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- Image not mirrored: Modelled after: Sine fomite frustra [80] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
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Same motto, mirrored pictura with in the background: swans, two lovers sitting and a woman washing a kneeling man:
Sine Fomite frustra. [8] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Sine Fomite frustra. [8] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
- Sine fomite frustra [80] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
Iconclass
Two cupids using flint and steel to make a fire- trees
[25G3]
- river
[25H213]
- prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
[25I12]
- flint and steel
[41B111]
- archer's weapons: arrow (+ destruction of weapons)
[45C15(ARROW)(+69)]
- quiver
[45C23]
- sailing-ship, sailing-boat
[46C24]
- Worthlessness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54BB6(+4)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(SINE FOMITE FRUSTRA)]
- other non-aggressive activities of Cupid
[92D156]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(QUIVER)]
- companions of Cupid
[92D191]