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Stadt Heidelberg Baden-Württemberg Ziegelhäuser Landstraße (Alte Brücke) |
Sankt Johannes von NepomukSaint John of NepomukNepomuk c. 1345 - Praha 1393confessor of the queen of Bohemia, refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. At the behest of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia he was thrown from the Charles Bridge in Prague and drowned. John of Nepomuk is patron saint of bridges (Wikipedia) |
Peter van den Branden
1738 (copy) |
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sIste VIator! en ortho DoXapIetas haC In statVa patronVM sIbI assCIVIt: * IoanneM: qVI, VtIaLter ab ILLo, Ita non aLIter, nIsI VerItatIs æternæ VerbIs DepIngIt Vr: * JoH.5.V.35. ILLe erat LVCerna LVCens et arDens. trIpLa VIDeLICet In se Vno eXhIbens offICIa: * LVCerna erat In aVLa regIs. qVIa VIt IIs tenebrosa ManIbVs DeI sVspensa: * LVXIt Inter epVLas sobrIetate, Inter ob- Latos honores fVga, Inter LætItIas pVra MoDestIa: * arsIt InVItIa fragor arsIt In sCanDaLa tonItrV: arsIt In InIqVaregIs IVssa fVLMen: * hVIC ergo LVCernæ, LVCI, et arDorI hVIas nostra ætas pLena preCe hIC aD LabItVr Ito VIator. * |
and three shields with Latin texts (some parts difficult to read):
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IGNEME EXAMINASTI ET NON EST INVENTAN MEI NOVIAS.. respondet militantis ecclesiæ capit ac martyrvm pegi salvatori christo interaccensas tyranni facies pvgie invictissimvs ioannes nemee wenceslavs qvam in eo mvneribvs minis, et carceribus frvstra qvæsierat, lingvæ sigilli pragæ iniqvitatem, demvm admoto lateribvs igne invenire tentat ast svb hoc examine eqvidem non est inventa iniqvitas vti pribat lingvæ post ignes integritas opvs ovale sit ignis probabit cor svis |
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TRANSIVMVS PER IGNEM ET AQVÆM ET EDVXISTINOS IN REFRIGERIVM solamen id est omnivm, .vt venervnt destribvlatione magna ...men est an.etæ thavmatvrgi ioannis qvi testi coelo terraqve .r....vulationvm aqvas ignibvs electionis ar..ixtas invicte transiens ..viv. vs morte beata piæ. eo cvtatvs.. refrigerio eri dive marty.. qvem flama coelestis natvm ignes terrestres passvm vmda demvm ovino sidere picta pro fide exti.. ctvm probant; tva prece: tibi devoti per aqvam poenitentiæ; et igne.. charitatis ita transeant vt tandem tecvm in refrigerio sint |
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IGNEM VENI MITTERE IN TERRAM ET QVIS COLO NISI VIA COENDATVR votvm erat incarnati verbi: lvc xii v zelantis nimirvm ignem illvm in erram deicendere a lvminvm patre: qvi facit ministros svos ignem vrentem psal... k nem fore mysticvm divvm ioannem: testabatvr flammæ prodigivm syb euvs nativitatem in aere visvm imo in scholis, in avlis, in ecclesiis ignis a facie evs exarsit ps. 17 v ita qvod regina in sacro poenitenti e tribvnali hvic igni approximata nil sibi magis spondere poterat. præterqvam in meditatione mea exardescet ignis |
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