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”Timiditas”, Fear

“Timiditas” (Fear)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Timiditas” (Fear) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

We could conclude the following about the two couples mentioned above: terror makes us flee, but modesty contains that impetus of fear, indolence limits action, but it has to stop when poverty, which is a consequence of indolence itself, forces us to act.

United virtue is stronger, Baro Urbigerus

“Virtus unita fortior” (United virtue is stronger)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Virtus unita fortior” (United virtue is stronger) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

It is the frontispiece of a book published in 1690 in London and entitled Aphorismi Urbigerani. This engraving takes us back again to the study of the Sacred ARCANUM A.Z.F. and its alchemical concomitances.

The “I” of victimism

The “I” of victimism
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The “I” of victimism 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The “I” of victimism is something that is born in the mind and then passes to the emotional center, which transforms it into us being people who suffer… The “I” of victimism makes us feel that we are carrying a cross…, a utopian cross, because it makes us feel self-sacrificing. And, of course, they are all aspects of the same “I” of victimism.

Mercury, Alchemy, Johan de Monte Raphaim

Mercury
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Mercury 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving, patient reader, brings to mind one of the most precious symbols of Alchemy; we refer to the Mercury of the sages.

Tristitia, ‘sadness’, Negative human traits

“Tristitia” (Sadness)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Tristitia” (Sadness) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving belongs to a four-part series on negative human traits. The series was engraved and published in 1592 in Cologne ─Germany.

Deterivs formido, I fear the worst

“Deterivs formido” (I fear the worst)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Deterivs formido” (I fear the worst) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

On this occasion, I am sending you the eighty-fourth emblem of the book Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum, ‘The Nucleus of the Most Select Emblems’, with the texts in Latin and Old French and a possible translation.

Not how often, but how well, Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum

“Non qvam crebro, sed qvam bene” (Not how often, but how well)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Non qvam crebro, sed qvam bene” (Not how often, but how well) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Os envío el vigésimo quinto emblema del libro Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum, ‘el núcleo de los emblemas más selectos’.

"DVRABO" (I will resist) and "VICTRIX PATIENTIA DVRI" (Patience is victorious in difficulties), Gabriel Rollenhagen

“DVRABO” (I will resist) and “VICTRIX PATIENTIA DVRI” (Patience is victorious in difficulties)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“DVRABO” (I will resist) and “VICTRIX PATIENTIA DVRI” (Patience is victorious in difficulties) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I send you the twenty-sixth and twenty-eighth of a book of poems written by the same German poet Gabriel Rollenhagen. The book is entitled Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum, ‘The Nucleus of the Most Select Emblems’.

Virtue does not know how to fall and Wherever it is taken, Selectorum Emblematum

“NESCIT LABI VIRTUS” (Virtue does not know how to fall) and “QUOCUNQUE FERAR” (Wherever it is taken)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“NESCIT LABI VIRTUS” (Virtue does not know how to fall) and “QUOCUNQUE FERAR” (Wherever it is taken) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

On this occasion I send you two emblems from the same book: Selectorum emblematum, with the text in Latin and Old French.

Engravings 9 and 59, Selected Emblems, Gabriel Rollenhagen

Two engravings
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Two engravings 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am sending you two emblems or engravings, number 9 and number 59, both from the book Selectorum emblematum – ‘Selected Emblems’ – written by the German poet Gabriel Rollenhagen.

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