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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) https://vopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nescit-labi-virtus-y-quocunque-ferar-selectorum-emblemata.jpg 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu V.M. Kwen Khan Khu https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e832d7de00772123ef7f897d80b0841daa13143ee04fa7c99f7a066face011ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2025-09-27 2025-10-07

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 https://vopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/grabados-9-y-59-selectorum-emblematum-gabriel-rollenhagen.jpg 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu V.M. Kwen Khan Khu https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e832d7de00772123ef7f897d80b0841daa13143ee04fa7c99f7a066face011ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2025-09-21 2025-09-21

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.

“Pavpertate premor subleuor ingenio” (I am brought down by poverty, and lifted up by natural inclination)

V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

“Pavpertate premor subleuor ingenio” (I am brought down by poverty, and lifted up by natural inclination) https://vopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/soy-abatido-por-la-pobreza-y-levantado-por-la-inclinacion-natural-default.jpg 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu V.M. Kwen Khan Khu https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e832d7de00772123ef7f897d80b0841daa13143ee04fa7c99f7a066face011ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2025-08-30 2025-09-21

On this occasion, I am sending you a drawing that appears in another book of emblems entitled Selectorum emblematum ─’Selected emblems’─. The texts belong to the German poet Gabrielis Rollenhagi (1583-1619), and the engravings to Crispijn van de Passe and Jan Jansson (1588-1664).

Mystical nights or the key to the mysteries

V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Mystical nights or the key to the mysteries https://vopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/noches-misticas-o-la-clave-de-los-misterios-kwen-khan-khu.jpg 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu V.M. Kwen Khan Khu https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e832d7de00772123ef7f897d80b0841daa13143ee04fa7c99f7a066face011ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2023-10-15 2023-10-15

I hasten to send you this engraving entitled Mystical nights or the key to the mysteries. This beautiful illustration shows us the search for our Philosopher’s Stone with many of its details.

Enigmas of symbology

V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Enigmas of symbology https://vopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/enigmas-de-la-simbologia-kwen-khan-khu.png 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu V.M. Kwen Khan Khu https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e832d7de00772123ef7f897d80b0841daa13143ee04fa7c99f7a066face011ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2023-09-23 2023-09-25

I am pleased to send you, on this occasion, another engraving by Karl Von Eckartshausen, which was published in 1790, two years after the first edition. Enigmas of symbology