tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post5970473379762917117..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: moderateseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-58850503504354762442013-03-27T21:32:21.743-07:002013-03-27T21:32:21.743-07:00Well, it's excellent detective work, Hugo, if ...Well, it's excellent detective work, Hugo, if that's any consolation. The Dutch in Brazil is not something I've ever really thought about. <br /><br />The Dutch, with their white and blue tiles, have reached very far in their influence, I'd say. All the way to my mother's kitchen in coastal California, where Delft style tiles are the predominent theme.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-64410126456728805192013-03-27T21:02:46.685-07:002013-03-27T21:02:46.685-07:00Ah, you make me work as a detective...
http://www....Ah, you make me work as a detective...<br />http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_zev001200501_01/_zev001200501_01_0010.phpHugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789648824377376021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-88486693336948544142013-03-26T20:56:12.951-07:002013-03-26T20:56:12.951-07:00That is great stuff, Hugo. I have to wonder how it...That is great stuff, Hugo. I have to wonder how it found its way all the way to that convent in Brazil, although of course the philosophy is appropriate. Although personally, I am not very good at following its advice.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-74385313711603378372013-03-26T20:31:01.109-07:002013-03-26T20:31:01.109-07:00Hi Seana, the "natura moderatrix" is one...Hi Seana, the "natura moderatrix" is one of the 103 Quinti Horatii Flaccii Emblemata, a collection of graphic and text aphorisms after the Stoic tradition, published by Otto Van Veen in 1607. <br />The emblem is paired with a Latin text (I'm only able to translate the French version you can access in the link below). It says, roughly:<br /><br />Nature moderates everything<br />Let's be happy of the little that Nature produces<br />Let's not borrow a thing from Art to be nourished.<br />Why seek all around for all superfluous things<br />and delicious dishes with such a lot of pain?<br />As we can easily keep our health<br />With just a little bread and fountain water.<br /><br />See http://books.google.com.ar/books?id=URNQAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=quinti+horatii+flacci+natura+moderatrix&source=bl&ots=UNwnlilhSv&sig=DF53fZhpvpmesCGV8sHuNPPIzps&hl=es-419&sa=X&ei=B2ZSUc22CZTl4APC74DIBg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=quinti%20horatii%20flacci%20natura%20moderatrix&f=false<br /><br />Hugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789648824377376021noreply@blogger.com