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Che la lettera occide, e lo spirito porge vita.
The letter kills and the spirit gives life
I fratelli,
che nacquer de la terra
D’i
denti seminati del Serpente,
Fecero insieme
l’uno
a l’altro
guerra.
E s’occisero
molti parimente,
Palla serbonne
alcun, che su la terra
Diposer l’arme, e unirsi finalmente.
Cadmo trovò
le lettre, ond’è; inquieta
L’alma, se la prudenza non l’acqueta.
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- dragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs) (+ anatomy of animals) [25FF422(+73):31A2363] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs) (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal) [25FF422(+763)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of trees [25G11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (+ stem, trunk) [25G3(+21)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- boulder, stone [25H1124] Search | Browse Iconclass
- low hill country [25H114] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clouds [26A] Search | Browse Iconclass
- the corpse [3.10E+04] Search | Browse Iconclass
- lying on the back with uplifted upper part of the body [31A2361] Search | Browse Iconclass
- looking over the shoulder [31A247] Search | Browse Iconclass
- one leg in front of the other (+ standing) [31A2621(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs crossed (+ lying) [31A2627(+56)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- walking [31A2711] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beard [31A534] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something) [31AA2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- man killing animal [34F12] Search | Browse Iconclass
- container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase [41A773] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clothes covering the entire body (+ men's clothes) [41D213(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes) [41D233(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- casting weapons: spear [45C11(SPEAR)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hacking and thrusting weapons: sword [45C13(SWORD)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- protective weapons: shield [45C19(SHIELD)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ploughing [47I123] Search | Browse Iconclass
- agricultural implements: plough [47I15(PLOUGH)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ox [47I21111] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Cadmus' companions, sent to fetch water, are slain by the dragon which guarded the spring [95A(CADMUS)33] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Cadmus slays the dragon [95A(CADMUS)34] Search | Browse Iconclass
- on Minerva's advice, Cadmus sows the dragon's teeth; a host of armed men springs up [95A(CADMUS)35] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- 'litterae', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ literature; 'Lettere' (Ripa) [48C90] Search | Browse Iconclass
- symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ science, 'Scientia'; 'Scienza', 'Studio' (Ripa) [49C0] Search | Browse Iconclass
- invention of letters [49L10] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52A51(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(LITERA OCCIDIT: SPIRITUS VIVIFICAT)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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