Section: IUSTITIA (Justice). View all emblems in this section.
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Abstinentia.
Integrity
Marmoreae in tumulis una stat parte columnae
Urceus, ex alia cernere malluvium est.
Ius haec forma monet dictum sine sordibus esse,
Defunctum puras atque habuisse manus.
On a tomb, at one side of the marble pillar, stands a water-jug, at the other you can see a basin. This design tells us that justice was pronounced without corruption, and that the deceased kept his hands clean.
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- 'Giudice' (Ripa) [44G130] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Incorruption, Purity; 'Purità ' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A63(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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Maturandum.
Making good speed
LII.
Maturare iubent properè & cunctarier omnes,
Ne nimium praeceps, neu mora longa nimis.
Hoc tibi declaret connexum Echeneide[1] telum,
Haec tarda est, volitant spicula missa manu.
Everyone tells us to deal with things quickly, but they also tell us to hold back - not to be impetuous, nor yet to wait too long. A missile linked with a sucking-fish can demonstrate this for you: the fish is slow, but arrows fly fast when they leave the shooter’s hand.
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Eyl mit weyl.
LII.
Ein gmain sprichwort ist, eyl mit weyl,
Gar kunstlich hye gezaiget an,
Der fisch Remora umb ein pfeyl
Gewunden, gibt es zu verstan:
Des fisch natur ist stiller stan,
Der pfeyl ferd schneller dann der wind,
In allen sachen mittel han,
Hayst nit zu spat, und nit zu gschwind.
1. ‘linked with a sucking fish’. The sucking-fish (echeneis or remora) was a creature believed by the ancients to have the power of slowing the course of ships to which it attached itself. See Pliny, Natural History 32.1.2-6. He describes it as about six inches long and like a slug. See also [A42b049].
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- Maturity (+ emblematical representation of concept) [51FF511(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Swiftness, Speed; 'Agilità ', 'Celerità ', 'Velocità ' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept) [51M11(+3)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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