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De douceur amertume. [37]


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37. De douceur amertume.

37. De douceur amertume.
Het honich soude sijn soet boven alle saecken,
VVaert dat de liefde niet noch soeter placht te smaecken.
De galle soude sijn het bitterst' dat men vindt,
VVaert dat men niet en vondt dat loose Venus kindt.
Ses ponden bitter gal met honich overstreken,
Is dat men liefde noemt, daer van de menschen spreken.
Het soet komt uyt het suer, het suer komt uyt het soet,
Dat droeve blijtschap t'saem, en blijde droefheyt voet.

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    Cupid taking aim while flying next to a beehive from which a branch of wormwood grows; a couple of lovers and a man alone
    • groups of trees [25G11] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • plants and herbs: wormwood (+ leaves, putting forth leaves) [25G4(WORMWOOD)(+33)] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • farm or solitary house in landscape [25I3] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • floating in the air [31A2763] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • one of the lovers alone (e.g. longing for the beloved) [33C216] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • (lovers) kissing each other [33C232] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • bee-hive [47I242] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B1(+4)] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB1(+4)] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(DE DOUCEUR AMERTUME)] Search for this Iconclass notation
    • Cupid shooting a dart [92D1521] Search for this Iconclass notation

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