
Illicitum non sperandum.
Do not hope for what is not allowed
Spes simul et Nemesis nostris altaribus adsunt,
Scilicet ut speres non nisi quod liceat.
Hope and Retribution stand together beside the altar I have built, to ensure that you hope only for that which is allowed.
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- Declaracion magistral sobre las Emblemas de Andres Alciato (1615), Najera: ILLICITUM NON SPErandum. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1621), Padua: Illicitum non sperandum. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (28th February, 1531), Augsburg: ILLICITUM NON SPERANDUM. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (6th April, 1531), Augsburg: ILLICITUM NON SPERANDUM. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (1534), Augsburg: ILLICITUM NON SPERANDUM. | Open in other pane
- Les Emblemes (1539), Paris: Illicitum non sperandum. Rien esperer illicite. | Open in other pane
- Les Emblemes (1542), Paris: Illicitum non sperandum. Rien esperer illicite. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libellus (1542), Paris: Illicitum non sperandum. Nicht unbillichs zu hoffen. | Open in other pane
- Los Emblemas (1549), Lyon: Que no se ha de esperar lo que no es liçito. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1550), Lyon: Illicitum non sperandum. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1551), Lyon: Illicitum non sperandum. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Illicitum non sperandum. | Open in other pane
- Toutes les emblemes (1558), Lyon: On ne doibt esperer chose illicite. | Open in other pane
- Liber emblematum ... Kunstbuch (1567), Franckfurt am Main: Illicitum non sperandum. Das verbotten und nit gezimpt, sol man nicht hoffen. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Illicitum non sperandum. | Open in other pane
- Diverse imprese (1551), Lyon: Che no si debbono sperar, senon le cose lecite. | Open in other pane
- Livret des emblemes (1536), Paris: Illicitum non sperandum. Rien esperer illicite. | Open in other pane
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: On ne doibt esperer chose illicite. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Illicitum non sperandum. Ne fault rien esperer qui ne soit loisible. | Open in other pane
- Les emblemes (1615), Geneva/Cologny: Rien esperer illicite. | Open in other pane
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- altar ~ Greek religion [12E62] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm raised upward (+ holding something) [31A2511(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ holding something) [31A2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards [31A2515] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards (+ indicating, pointing at) [31A2515(+931)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- index finger forwards, pointing, indicating [31A25552] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trampling, treading, stamping on someone or something [31A2726] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure (+ forward) [31AA2352(+61)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bent legs extended forwards or backwards, with knee or foot placed on an elevation - AA - female human figure (+ sitting) [31AA2622(+53)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- looking upwards [31B6211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult woman (+ two persons) [31D15(+72)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bird in a cage [34B131] Search | Browse Iconclass
- communal rooms [41A22] Search | Browse Iconclass
- window [41A33] Search | Browse Iconclass
- wooden container: barrel, cask [41A775] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dress, gown (+ women's clothes) [41D211(+82)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- barefoot [41D2339] Search | Browse Iconclass
- drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' [41D27] Search | Browse Iconclass
- archer's weapons: bow (+ destruction of weapons) [45C15(BOW)(+69)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- saddle and bridle (saddlery) [46C13161] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sculpture [48C2] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure) [56D1(+11)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56D1(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Nemesis (Adrastea) [92G2] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- Justice; 'Forza alla giustitia sottoposta', 'Giustitia', 'Giustitia retta', 'Giustitia rigorosa', 'Impietàe violenza soggetta alla giustitia', (Ripa) [59C2] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Legality (+ emblematical representation of concept) [59C3(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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