XXXIX.

Ovile amoris.

Ezech. 34.
Ecce ego requiram oues
meas, & visitabo eas.[Bible

, Ezekiel 34:11]

Ioan. 10.
Bonus Pastor animam suam dat
pro ouibus suis.[Bible

, John 10:11]

Ioan. 10.
Erit vnum ouile & vnus Pastor.[Bible

, John 10:16]

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Pasce Oues meas.

Chascun de nous fait son office:
Moy de Berger, vous de nourrice.

[162] ↓

[blanco]

[163] ↓

Bergerie d’amovr.

Gentils Bergers, qu’vne si douce vie
Faict viure heureux dans ceste
bergerie,
Sans desplaisir, sans crainte ny soucis;
I’estime moins les regnes & prouinces,
L’honnenr, les biens, les delices des Prin-
ces,
Que ie ne fais celle de vos brebis.

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Remake of image, not mirrored, in: Ovile Amoris [45] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (different facial expressions, some branches added), for the Latin bible quote and the French epigram, in:Verlost ons van den booze [30] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]

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Ovile Amoris [45] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
Verlost ons van den booze [30] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))

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Sacred love pushes a pitchfork in the mouth of a wolf, while the soul is feeding a sheep

God's perfections [11A23]
Christ and the Soul [11D51]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf (+ animal(s) being hit, shot, caught) [25F23(WOLF)(+621)]
sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure [31AA2352]
trampling, treading, stamping on someone or something [31A2726]
hitting at something [31A2743]
adult woman [31D15]
the soul during lifetime [31G1]
dog [34B11]
barn [41A171]
agricultural implements: pitchfork [47I15(PITCHFORK)]
sheep [47I213]
sheep (+ animals eating and drinking) [47I213(+945)]
herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. [47I221]
giving water, feeding (cattle) [47I222]
Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici & venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54E42(+4)]
Happiness, Felicity (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B2(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ clothed) [56F2(+123)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
the good shepherd (Christ) defending his sheep against wolves; 'I am the good shepherd' (John 10:1-16) (+ variant) [73C821(+0)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(OVILE AMORIS)]

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Ovile amoris. [39]

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