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tetrastichon.
Ut nisi decussis à vento nubibus, antè
In caelo nusquam sydera clara micant:
Sic nec virtutes mortalis possidet ullus,
Ni mentem vitiis exuat ille priùs.
Unless the wind first blasts the clouds apart, nowhere on earth do the bright stars shine: so no mortal will have virtues unless he strips his mind of faults before.
quatrain.
L’on ne peut veoir les astres clairement,
Sans que le vent ayt déchassé les nues:
Vertus ne sont aussi semblablement
(Sans déchasser les vices) obtenues.
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- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult man (+ two persons) [31D14(+72)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- battlement, crenellation ~ fortified city [45K1412] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cheeks rounded [31B6241] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clothing for the lower part of the body [41D23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clouds [26A] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coat, cape [41D212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' [41D27] Search | Browse Iconclass
- floating in the air [31A2763] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head (human) [31A221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear and clothing for the upper part of the body [41D22] Search | Browse Iconclass
- night ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Nox') [23R141] Search | Browse Iconclass
- public road [25I14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- stars [24D] Search | Browse Iconclass
- three persons [31D1(+73)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- winds [26C] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa) [11N1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Virtuousness; 'Amor di Virtù', 'Attione virtuosa', 'Guida sicura de' veri honori', 'Virtù', 'Virtù insuperabile' (Ripa) [57A6] Search | Browse Iconclass
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