Book Title: Pia desideria : emblematis elegiis & affectibus SS. Patrum illustrata / authore Hermanno Hugone Societatis Iesu ; ad Vrbanum VIII, Pont. Max.

Author: Hugo, Herman, 1588-1629

Image Title: Book II, Emblem xii

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Jesuit priest Herman Hugo (1588 – 1629 CE) allegorically figures thematic elements of its ensuing scripture citation and poem. In the background, a woman standing at the city gate calls to the watchman above to ask whether he has espied her beloved. In the foreground, the woman embraces her returned beloved, who assumes an angelic form. The entire scene signifies the supplicant’s desperate search for God and his eventual return to her .

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