“Elephas Indus culices non timet” Annone the Elephant


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“Elephas Indus culices non timet” Annone the Elephant

The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as (in different periods) other lands and towns in Romagna and holding high positions in the government of cities in present-day Tuscany, Lombardy and Marche. The dynasty is considered among the most important and influential of the Late Middle Ages.


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Underneath the elephant is a short Latin phrase, "Elephas Indus culices non timet" which means "The Indian elephant is not afraid of mosquitoes". Mosquitoes refers to the enemies of the Malatesta Family, haughtily regarded as annoying insects.


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Elephas indus culices non timet.

It also refers to the motto of the Malatesta family: Elephas indus culices non timet (the Indian elephant is not afraid of insects). This medal is derived from Matteo's original model, but lacks the artist's signature on the reverse.


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The elephant, with the motto Elephas Indus culices non timet (The Indian Elephant does not fear mosquitoes - Pliny), was a device of the Malatesta family. In October 1450 Sigismondo had twenty-two of these medals set into the backs of the marble elephants in the chapel of San Sigismondo in the Malatesta Temple in Rimini.


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Elephas indus culices non timet. Da circa meta' Marzo a fine Giugno si e' svolta a Forlimpopoli (FC) la mostra sulla Grande Guerra in occasione del centenario (1915 - 2015), con il patrocinio del Comune di Forlimpopoli, della Fondazione Rosetti, della Cooperativa Amphora e con la collaborazione attiva dell'Associazione Arma di Cavalleria, Unione Nazionale Sottufficiali Italiani sezione.


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The elephant, with the motto "Elephas Indus culices non timet" (The Indian Elephant does not fear mosquitoes - Pliny) was a device of the Malatesta family. Hill 178; Armand I, 20, 11; Bargello I, 43; for another cast from the same model, cf. MFA Boston 23.206. Neatly pierced twice. An Extremely Fine contemporary cast.


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The House of Malatesta has a Latin motto: "Elephas indus culices non timet" (in English "The Indian elephant is not afraid of mosquitos"). The picture shows a relief of the Malatesta elephant.


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"Elephas Indus culices non timet" (The Indian elephant is not afraid of mosquitoes):


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"Elephas Indus Culices Non Timet" ('The Indian elephant is not afraid of gnats' Motto of the Malatesta Family)


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The entrance to the library is a marble doorway topped by the elephant emblem of the Malatesta family, whose motto is " Elephas Indus culices non timet " - the Indian elephant is not afraid of mosquitos - very brave of them since they lived in a rather mosquito infested inland area, although they meant it metaphorically.


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It is a symbol of strength, power, and imperturbability because, as Malatesta Novello's motto goes, elephas indus culices non timet, "the Indian elephant does not fear mosquitoes," signifying that large people do not care for the annoyances brought by small ones, and the elephant thus became one of the Malatesta symbols par excellence.


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Sep 1, 2012 - Above the door to the aula of the Biblioteca Malatestiniana in Cesena is the emblem of the Malatesta family, a large-eared elephant with a banner bearing the Latin motto "Elephas Indus culices non timet", (The Indian elephant is not afraid of gnats.) Possibly a reference to the Malatesta's traditional enemy, the Da Polenta family of…

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