Symbols

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

I find symbols very interesting, expecially when they have some latin in them.
It would be nice to gather a certain amount of them. I start out with two:

Famous one:

This one is less popular. A "Rota Mundi" (embedded in the frontespiece of Leibniz's "Dissertatio de Arte Combinatoria"). The rose in the center probably signifies the "quintessence"-

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

The masthead of the Vatican City's daily newspaper "L'Osservatore Romano"- "The Roman Observer"

It has two mottoes:
"Unicuique suum"
and
"Non praevalebunt".

 

[Issacus Divus]

This is the kinda thread I’d make.

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Coat of arms of the Isle of Man:

Quocunque jeceris stabit

 

[Agrippa]

Limerick

Verg. Aen. 1, 12 et 14

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Recurrent "Symbol" in a lot of libraries also online. (although, it's more similar to a motto, actually):
tecta lege, lecta tege

One of Gabriele D'Annunzio's mottoes (Italian poet 1863-1938):

Immotus nec iners

 

[Issacus Divus]

Three hares meme.

 

[meisenimverbis]

The lupa. I have a (very cheap) replica of this coin. It brings (probably) Mars on the other face.

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

A picture I took in the Castle of Heidelberg (Deutsches Apotheken Museum)

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Tiles in "Alhambra" with Charles the fifth's motto (it is, to this day, the motto of the Spanish Royal Family):
"Plus ultra"
(the same of non plus ultra, just without the "non")

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

The Lion of Venice

 

[Agrippa]

San Marino: Palazzo publico

 

[Hawkwood]

@EstQuodFulmineIungo nice thread idea. Only just spotted this!

 

[Hawkwood]

Medici

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

I like symbols, because often you find them in the movies or in actual landmarks and it's nice to recognize their meaning. Glad that you like them too!

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Probably the simpliest family crest ever conceived:

Motto: Nec descendere nec morari
Family: Italian: Scaligeri / della Scala based in northern Italy (nobles of German descent "Von der Leiter"- "of the ladder").

 

[Tironis]

Probably the simpliest family crest ever conceived:

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Motto: Nec descendere nec morari
Family: Italian: Scaligeri / della Scala based in northern Italy (nobles of German descent "Von der Leiter"- "of the ladder").

Almost fitting for the President of the European Commission.

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

You are richt, it's very similar to "Von der Leyen"

 

[Agrippa]

... it's very similar to "Von der Leyen"

Similar, yes, but not the same: German Ley = Engl. slate (Ital. ardesia, scisto)

 

[Agrippa]

Rembrandt: The Alchemist at Home (or Doctor Faustus) - Mysterious symbol !