Meaning: The Assumption of Mary
Explanation: Ginther himself explains the pictura and motto of this emblem in the following terms: “here it is proposed for the emblem the monocodiata or bird of paradise resting on its pair and flying together towards the sky, with the inscription taken from that text of the Song of Songs: Innixa super Dilectum, or, if you prefer, as Aresius: Innixa ascendit”.
This metaphor is used to signify the Assumption of the Virgin, or, as the abstract expounds, how “the Blessed Virgin, not sorrowful anymore, but glorious, is taken to heavenly glory by her beloved Son”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
Explanation: Ginther himself explains the pictura and motto of this emblem in the following terms: “here it is proposed for the emblem the monocodiata or bird of paradise resting on its pair and flying together towards the sky, with the inscription taken from that text of the Song of Songs: Innixa super Dilectum, or, if you prefer, as Aresius: Innixa ascendit”.
This metaphor is used to signify the Assumption of the Virgin, or, as the abstract expounds, how “the Blessed Virgin, not sorrowful anymore, but glorious, is taken to heavenly glory by her beloved Son”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
This very same emblem can be found in:
• Aresi, 1630: 193 (Meaning: the Assumption); • Picinelli, 1670: 147 (Manucodiata, lib. 4, cap. 44, n. 406. Meaning: idem); • Picinelli & Erath, 1687: 312 (Monocodiata, lib. 4, cap. 45, n. 489. Meaning: idem); • Menestrier, 1695: 745 (Significado: ídem);• Boschius, 1701: 40 (Classis I, n. DLXXX. Meaning: idem); • LEUTHNER, 1749: estampa 11 (Meaning: idem).