Habet sua castra cupido [25]

Translations
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Ovidius, Amores 1, 9, 1
Cupido heeft zijn eigen strijdperk. |
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Ovidius, Amores 1, 9, 1
Cupid has a camp of his own. |
Literature
- Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata
, col. 1763
- Praz, Seventeenth-Century Imagery
, p. 100
- Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica
, p. 24
Sources and parallels
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A cupid in military guise; lovers hit by arrows in a military camp- Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
[11N32]
- night
[23R14]
- waxing moon, i.e. facing this way )
[24B1]
- heart
[31A2221]
- profane heart symbolism ~ love
[31A222101]
- hand
[31A2245]
- fence, wall, paling
[41A54]
- banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.)
[44A31]
- guard duty, keeping sentry
[45B31]
- archer's weapons: arrow
[45C15(ARROW)]
- helmet
[45C221]
- (military) standard-bearer
[45D12]
- Alertness, Vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilanza', 'Vigilanza per difendersi & oppugnare altri' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation
of concept)
[52A23(+4)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(HABET SUA CASTRA CUPIDO)]
- specific aspects of Cupid
[92D17]