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Malus medica.
The citron
Aurea sunt Veneris poma haec: iucundus amaror
Indicat, est Graecis sic γλυκυπίκρος amor.[1]
These golden fruits belong to Venus: the sweet bitterness tells us that. Even so is love glukupikros for the Greeks.
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- Declaracion magistral sobre las Emblemas de Andres Alciato (1615), Najera: MALUS MEDICA. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1621), Padua: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libellus (1546), Venice: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Los Emblemas (1549), Lyon: El Naranjo. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1550), Lyon: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Toutes les emblemes (1558), Lyon: LOrengier. | Open in other pane
- Liber emblematum ... Kunstbuch (1567), Franckfurt am Main: Malus medica. Citrinatbaum. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: L'Orengier. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Malus medica. L'Oranger. | Open in other pane
- Les emblemes (1615), Geneva/Cologny: Le citron. | Open in other pane
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Iconclass Keywords
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- trees: lemon-tree (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(ORANGE-TREE)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees: lemon-tree (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming) [25G3(ORANGE-TREE)(+32)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees: lemon-tree (+ bearing fruit) [25G3(ORANGE-TREE)(+34)] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- Europeans (with NAME) [32B311(GREEKS)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B1(+4):56F2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Bitterness; 'Amaritudine' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB11(+4):56F2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- attributes of Venus (with NAME) [92C48(ORANGE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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El Naranjo.
TERCETO.
De Venus es este fruto dorado
Su amargor dulçe claro lo demuestra
Que ansi el Amor dulç’agro fuè llamado. [M]
[Marginalia - link to text]γλυκύπικρος.
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- Declaracion magistral sobre las Emblemas de Andres Alciato (1615), Najera: MALUS MEDICA. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1621), Padua: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libellus (1546), Venice: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1550), Lyon: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1551), Lyon: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Toutes les emblemes (1558), Lyon: LOrengier. | Open in other pane
- Liber emblematum ... Kunstbuch (1567), Franckfurt am Main: Malus medica. Citrinatbaum. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Malus medica. | Open in other pane
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: L'Orengier. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Malus medica. L'Oranger. | Open in other pane
- Les emblemes (1615), Geneva/Cologny: Le citron. | Open in other pane
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- trees: lemon-tree (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(ORANGE-TREE)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- sweet (taste) [31A342] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sweet (taste) (+ being bitter) [31A342(+942)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bitter (taste) [31A345] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B1(+4):56F2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Bitterness; 'Amaritudine' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB11(+4):56F2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- attributes of Venus (with NAME) [92C48(ORANGE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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