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tetrastichon.
Cur cordis medio radix? Cur tramite caeco
Truncus in alta ruens fructibus ora replet?
An quia (quodcunque est) cor nostrum concipit omne,
Illius & mentem lingua diserta refert.
Why the root in the middle of the heart? Why, running upwards blind, does the trunk fill the mouth with fruits? Not, perhaps, because our heart conceives everything, whatever it may be, and the eloquent tongue communicates the concept?
quatrain
Regarde & voy, que l’arbre de sagesse
(Duquel convient que l’homme soit instruit)
Prent sa racine au coeur, & tant se dresse,
Que par la bouche il fait sortir le fruit.
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Relating to the image:
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- anthropomorphic beings with parts of abnormal shape [31A444] Search | Browse Iconclass
- book [49M32] Search | Browse Iconclass
- chest «« QUEUE OF KEY (2) TO 31A42(+6) deformed parts, limbs and organs [31A42(+62)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coat, cape [41D212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fingers spread out [31A25512] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear [41D221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- heart [31A2221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- indicating, pointing at «« KEY (931) TO 31B6 morphology of human expression [31B6(+931)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- root, tuber [47(+8924)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- scholar in his study [49C32] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sprig, twig «« KEY (221) TO 25G plants; vegetation [25G(+221)] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- Eloquence; 'Eloquenza', 'Fermezza & Gravitą dell'Oratione' (Ripa) [52D3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fruits [25G21] Search | Browse Iconclass
- mouth [31A2214] Search | Browse Iconclass
- root, tuber «« KEY (24) TO 25G plants; vegetation [25G(+24)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- the tree of knowledge of good and evil (whose fruit, usually apples or figs, brings death); the tree may be guarded by the serpent [71A32122] Search | Browse Iconclass
- tongue [31A22141] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa) [52A51] Search | Browse Iconclass
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