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Quà Dii vocant eundum.
Go where Heaven calls.
In trivio mons est lapidum: supereminet illi
Trunca Dei effigies, pectore facta tenus.
Mercurii est igitur tumulus.[1] Suspende viator
Serta Deo: rectum qui tibi monstrat iter.
Omnes in trivio sumus, atque hoc tramite vitae
Fallimur, ostendat ni Deus ipse viam.
At a parting of the ways, there is a hillock of stones. Rising above it is a half-statue of a god, fashioned as far down as the chest. So the hill is Mercury’s. Traveller, hang wreaths in honour of the god who points out the road to you. We are all at the crossroads, and on this track of life we go wrong, unless God himself shows us the way.
1. Mercury was, among his many other functions, the god of travellers.
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- 'en route', traveller under way [46C513] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- animals (+ wings of an animal) [25F(+342):25F(+154)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- anthropomorphic beings with parts missing [31A441] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards (+ indicating, pointing at) [31A2515(+931)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards - AA - both arms or hands (+ indicating, pointing at) [31AA2515(+931)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm or hand held in front of the body (+ holding something) [31A2516(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ holding something) [31A2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- attributes of Mercury: petasus [92B58(PETASUS)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- boulder, stone [25H1124] Search | Browse Iconclass
- caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury) [92B58(CADUCEUS)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- carrying something on the head or on the shoulders [46C1215] Search | Browse Iconclass
- container of textile material: bag, sack [41A777] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cross-roads, bifurcation [46C116] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dress, gown (+ men's clothes) [41D211(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of plants (herbs) [25G13] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of trees [25G11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear (with NAME) (+ men's clothes) [41D221(HAT)(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Herm: pillar with the head of Mercury, patron of travellers [92B572] Search | Browse Iconclass
- index finger forwards, pointing, indicating [31A25552] Search | Browse Iconclass
- looking downwards [31B6212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- low hill country [25H114] Search | Browse Iconclass
- piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture [48C24] Search | Browse Iconclass
- rotating, twisting (movement of the human body) [31A2753] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty) [44B192] Search | Browse Iconclass
- snakes (+ symmetrically placed ornamental animals, divided by a (human) figure or an object) [25F42(+154)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- the course of life symbolized [11R3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- walking [31A2711] Search | Browse Iconclass
- walking-stick, staff [41D263] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- Calling, Vocation, Mission (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A23(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- God's perfections [11A23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Guidance (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54E2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- wreath, garland ~ festive activities [43A(+12)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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