
Illicitum non sperandum.
Do not hope for what is not allowed
EMBLEMA XLVI.
Spes simul & Nemesis nostris altaribus adsunt,
Scilicet ut speres non nisi quod liceat.[1]
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
- Emblematum libellus (1534), Paris: 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
- 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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- winds [26C] Search | Browse Iconclass
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