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Dii coepta secundant.
Let the gods favour our endeavours.
In terram pila quae iacitur connisa[1] resultat,
Et levat in medium se aëra, prona redit.
Excipit hanc densis quae apparet nubibus apta,
In caelum & rapiunt conscia vota manus.
In Superis quisquis solitus spem ponere curae
Audeat, en coeptis protinus astra favent.
The ball that’s thrown to earth gathers itself and bounces back, lifts itself into the middle of the sky, and then suddenly returns. A hand, fixed in the clouds, seizes it and lifts it into the sky: hands catch the thankful votive. Let anyone who likes to put his hope of care in the gods take courage: for see! the stars immediately favour our endeavours.
1. Corrected from the Errata (from convisa).
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- animals threatening man [34FF1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards [31A2515] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ holding something) [31A2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching) [31AA2512(+934)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ass, donkey (+ animals used as cattle, livestock) [46C13142(+781)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ball games (+ variant) [43C41(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- barefoot [41D2339] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beard [31A534] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clouds [26A] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Deity, God (in general) ~ Christian religion [11A] Search | Browse Iconclass
- farm or solitary house in landscape [25I3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- floating in the air (+ variant) [31A2763(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of birds (+ flying animal(s)) [25F31(+5262)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- hand (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching) [31A2245(+934)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father [11C12] Search | Browse Iconclass
- legs in different position (+ standing) [31A262(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- looking downwards [31B6212] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- riding a horse, ass, mule, etc.; rider, horseman [46C131] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sea (seascape) [25H23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sports, games and physical performances (+ requirements, necessaries ~ sports and games) [43C(+4)(BALL)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- squatting, crouching figure [31A234] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sun as celestial body [24A] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- waxing moon, i.e. facing this way ) [24B1] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Courage, Bravery, Valiance, Manliness; 'Ardire magnanimo et generoso', 'Gagliardezza', 'Valore', 'Virtù heroica', 'Virtù dell'animo e del corpo' (Ripa) [54A8] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Favour; 'Favore' (Ripa) [53D12] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa) [56D1] Search | Browse Iconclass
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