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tetrastichon.
Aspera nudat hyems terras, ver vestit, & ornat,
Quae Boreas aufert, restituit Zephyrus:[1]
Ast homini veniat si tandem curva senectus,
Omnis honos formae (non rediturus) abit.
Hard winter denudes the fields; Spring dresses and clothes them; what Boreas takes, Zephyrus restores: but if bent age comes finally to a man, all his beauty’s honour departs, never to return.
quatrain.
L’hyver despoille, & ver les champs vestist:
Zephyrus rend de Boreas la perte:
Quand la beauté viellesse aneantist,
Elle se perd sans estre recouverte.
1. As in the previous emblem, Boreas is the North Wind, and Zephyrus the West Wind.
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Relating to the image:
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- birds [25F3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cheeks rounded [31B6241] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clothing for the lower part of the body [41D23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coat, cape [41D212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- floating in the air [31A2763] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head (human) [31A221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear [41D221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear and clothing for the upper part of the body [41D22] Search | Browse Iconclass
- north wind, 'Aquilo', 'Boreas', 'Septentrionarius' (one of eight directions) [26C121] Search | Browse Iconclass
- old man [31D16] Search | Browse Iconclass
- predatory birds (with NAME) [25F33(FALCON)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city [25I12] Search | Browse Iconclass
- seasons of the year represented by landscapes [23F] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (+ bare plant) [25G3(+351)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (+ stem, trunk) [25G3(+21)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- walking-stick, staff [41D263] Search | Browse Iconclass
- west wind, 'Favonius', 'Zephirus' (one of eight directions) [26C127] Search | Browse Iconclass
- year divided into two seasons ~ landscapes [23F2] Search | Browse Iconclass
- young versus old age; young and old [31D5] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa) [51D4] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Old Age, 'Senectus'; 'Vecchiezza' (Ripa) [31D160] Search | Browse Iconclass
- spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa) [23D42] Search | Browse Iconclass
- winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa) [23D41] Search | Browse Iconclass
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