XIII.

Militia amoris.

Ephes. 6.
Accipe armaturam Dei, vt
possis stare aduersus
insidias diaboli.[Bible

, Ephesians 6:11]

Titelman.
Ipse est qui me armat & confor-
tat, & quasi ad pugnam ac-
cinxit fortitudine, per virtu-
tem gratiæ suæ me corrobo-
rando.

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Ephe. 6.
Accipe armaturam Dei, vt possis stare
aduersus insidias diaboli.[Bible

, Ephesians 6:11]

Venez venez car mon mon tambour
Nappelle qu’au combat d’amour.

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[blanco]

[59] ↓

Milice d’amour.

Amour, Amour, dis-moy que veux-
tu faire?
Iamais l’Amour ne fut amy de guerre;
Iamais amant ne fut braue guerrier.
Il s’en faut bien, car les plus grandes
gloires,
Palmes, lauriers, triomphes & victoires,
C’est l’Amour seul qui les a fait gaigner.

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Remake of image, increased number of swords and lances, in: Militia Amoris [51] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]

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Militia Amoris [51] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))

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The soul as a woman with a musket, kneeling in front of sacred love who is holding a sword; an angel playing a drum behind them

God's perfections [11A23]
angels singing, making music [11G21]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
kneeling figure [31A233]
sitting on an elevation [31A2352]
adult man [31D14]
armchair, seat [41A7212]
preparation for war [45A132]
casting weapons: spear [45C11(SPEAR)]
hacking and thrusting weapons: dagger [45C13(DAGGER)]
hacking and thrusting weapons: sword [45C13(SWORD)]
helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): halberd [45C14(HALBERD)]
helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): javelin [45C14(JAVELIN)]
helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): pike [45C14(PIKE)]
firearms: rifle [45C16(RIFLE)]
protective weapons: shield [45C19(SHIELD)]
military music (+ variant) [45C9(+0)]
drum (musical instrument) [48C7341]
Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosité dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A7(+4)]
Success; 'Evento buono' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54F1(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ clothed) [56F2(+123)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(MILITIA AMORIS)]

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Militia amoris. [13]

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