Keywords: Terminus Emblema CLVII (1621).jpg en Terminus from Alciato's Emblemata in 1621 Emblema CLVII Caption <blockquote>QUADRATUM infoditur firmissima tessera saxum Stat cirrata super pectore imago tenus Et sese nulli profitetur cedere talis Terminus est homines qui scopus unus agit Est immota dies praefixaque tempora fatis Deque ferunt primis ultima iudicium </blockquote> Translation <blockquote>A squared stone is set in the ground an unshakable cube and on it stands a curly-headed image fashioned down to the chest This declares that it yields to none Such is Terminus the one and only goal that governs men There is an immovable day times predetermined by fate and the last times pronounce judgement on the first </blockquote> 1621 http //www emblems arts gla ac uk/alciato/picturae php id A21a158 Glasgow University Emblem Website Andrea Alciato Custom license marker 2013 02 22 PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Terminus Andreae Alciati Emblemata cum commentariis 1621 |