MAGNI CONTEMTOR HONORIS.

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Calcat Amor fastum, nec inanes captat honores,
Gaudet & abiecto viuere vbique loco.

Propert.
At quò sis humilis magis, & subiectus amori,
Hoc magis effecto saepè fruare bono.

Love hateth pryde

The taile love treadeth down of the prowd pecock braue,
Because hee hateth pryde, & hath it in disdayn,
Equalitie in loue hee thinkes doth loue mayntayn,
And for to please his love will please to bee a slaue.

Odia l’ orgoglio.

Col piè l’augel superbo Amor discaccia,
Sdegna l’andar da grave, e la grandezza,
Anzi che gouernar serue in tristezza.
Lo stato Amor d’un schiauo ama, e procaccia.

Liefd’ haet houaerdie.

De opgheblasen pau vol van houaerdigheden
Cupido gansch vertreedt/ gheen hoogheyt hy begheert/
Wil niemants heere zijn/ maer lieuer zijn verheert.
Met knecht of slaef te zijn is Liefde wel te vreden.

Amour hayt l’orgueil.

Cupidon foule au pied du paon la queue braue,
l’Orgueil fier il hayt, & n’aime la grandeur:
Plustost que commander, il sert de tout son cœur.
l’Amour est bien content de l’estat d’vn esclaue.

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Hij veracht grote eer.

He despises great honour.

Amor trapt op trots en streeft niet naar ijdele eerbewijzen, en hij woont graag overal op een nederige plaats.

Amor treads on pride and does not strive for idle honours, and he loves to live everywhere on a humble place.

Propertius 1, 10, 27-28.

Hoe meer nederigheid, hoe meer overgave in liefde, des te groter genot volgt daaruit later voor jou. [tr. W.A.M. Peters, Baarn 1991, p. 36.]

Propertius 1, 10, 27-28.

But the more you humble yourself, the more often you will enjoy the crown of your desires.

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Literature

Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 810
Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 44

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Sources and parallels

Peacock in: Superbiam odit [53] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)) [Compare]
, embl. 71

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Superbiam odit [53] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615))

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A cupid puts his foot on the tail of a peacock

ornamental birds: peacock (+ animals used symbolically) [25F35(PEACOCK)(+1)]
river [25H213]
landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct [25I6]
trampling, treading, stamping on someone or something [31A2726]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
Hate; 'Odio capitale' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56FF2(+4)]
Pride, Loftiness; 'Alterezza in persona nata povera civile' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept) [57AA64(+3)]
Pride, Loftiness; 'Alterezza in persona nata povera civile' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA64(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(MAGNI CONTEMTOR HONORIS)]
Cupid struggling with or tormenting other persons, abstract concepts, (fabulous) animals, etc. [92D142]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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Magni contemtor honoris [98]

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