XL.

Amoris sanatio.

Psalm. 146. v.3.
Qvi sanat contritos corde, &
alligat cōtritiones eorum.[Bible

, Psalms 147:3]

Osee 14. v. 5.
Sanabo contritiones eorum, di-
ligam eos spontaneè, quia
auersus est furor meus ab eis.[Bible

, Hosea 14:5]

Bernard. in Cantic.
Vnde irrepsit morbus, inde re-
medium intret & per eadem
sequatur vestigia, vita mor-
tem, tenebras lux; venenum
serpentis, antidotum verita-
tis.

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Psal. 102.
Qui sanat omnes infirmitates tuas.[Bible

, Psalms 103:3]

Celle qui m’ayme et me possede
Trouue a ses maux tout le remede

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[167/F] ↓

Cvre d’amovr.

Pour faire à son throsne ouuerture
L’Amour me fit ceste blessure:
Maintenant par vn heureux sort
Il fait couler la medecine,
Du fonds de la mesme poictrine,
Qui vous deliure de la mort.

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Remake of image, not mirrored, words of the motto switched, nimbus given to Christ and background landscape added, in: Sanatio Amoris [30] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (background elements added) and the same Latin bible quote and French epigram in:In Liefde is 't Betrouwen [3] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709)) [Compare]

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Sanatio Amoris [30] (in: Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
In Liefde is 't Betrouwen [3] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))

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Christ is holding the cross with the brazen serpent with one hand and a heart with the picture of a toad and a pig with the other; the soul catches the blood spouting from the wound in his side, another woman is holding a cross; an orb above her head

God's perfections [11A23]
the cross ~ symbols of Christ [11D12]
'Fons Vitae', 'Fons Pietatis' [11D326]
Christ and the Soul [11D51]
Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues [11M31]
Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa) (+ angel(s)) [11N1:5(+3)]
snakes (+ animal rotating, twisting) [25F42(+5253)]
tailless amphibians: toad (+ animals used symbolically) [25F51(TOAD)(+1)]
heart (+ variant) [31A2221(+0)]
blood [31A22611]
sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure [31AA2352]
lying on one side, with uplifted upper part of the body and leaning on the arm - AA - female human figure [31AA2364]
Health, 'Sanitas'; 'Sanité' (Ripa) [31A4690]
adult woman [31D15]
orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top) [44B193]
pig (+ animals used symbolically) [47I212(+91)]
healing of sick person [49G23]
Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB1(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar (+ variant) [71E3243(+0)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(AMORIS SANATIO)]

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