
MALUS MEDICA.
The citron
Emblema. 205.
Aurea sunt veneris poma haec: iucundus amaror
Indicat, est Graecis glycypicros 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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- 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
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- 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
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