"Ruit Hora" Time Flies? I hope we can say that soon over this lockdown.
How many different text on majolica beads do you have at this moment? And are they all in latin?

Yes all Latin- maybe with spelling mistakes -well i have one or two which say "Assisi"!
i'll try to make a list for anyone who is collecting- watch this space-unless i have a list here at home on my computer - I will look and maybe i have to travel to my workshop to access them, but travel is a bit less difficult this week. at last.
I don't have enough to say i have examples of every motto- some i have are duplicates...

Google translate says this means "slight". A word-for-word translation is "in tenuous work". Maybe the sentiment being expressed is the difficulty of doing the detailed, fine decoration on the bead?

Ruit Hora = Rush Hour?

It would be interesting to know more about how the mottos were chosen for the beads.

Ruit Hora means "Time flies" (or flows)

Mottos on beads stitched on the pelmet acquired over a year ago- the translations are not obvious

MI-PVPVLE = my little boy
AD-SIDERA = to the stars
SPES-MEA = I hope
MVLTA-PAVCIS = many a few
BONO-CUI = good one
AMOR-AMES = love is love

For the yellowy beads i brought to Tucson, i will have to access my studio to find them and list their mottoes

2 just recently bought are:

JVSTITIA =justice
RVIT HORA =flows the hour =Time flies

Hi Rosanna,

It's a quote from Virgil's Georgics. The whole line in Latin reads: "In tenui labor, at tenuis non gloria" which can be translated as - The object of the labour was small, but not the fame.

A hopeful motto for beads!

W.

And when I looked this up, I found that the subject of this line of Virgil's poetry was bees.

this image has almost all my motto beads except the 8 that were stitched onto the embroidered pelmet- hope the image arrives...

these are all the mottoes on the beads in my collection, some are repeats...
if you search "Gubbio and Deruta" or "Maiolica" you may learn more about the ceramic traditions from that region in Italy but there isn't very much about the bead making.

VERBA MONENT
DIRVTAE CASTRUM
PARATVS AD OMNIA
SPES SINE METYR
ARTIVM AMORE PLENA
RICORDO DI ASSISI
FRATE FRANCESCO
PAX ET BONVM
FIDES AMORIS
SEMPER FIDELIS
MENTE EXCELAS
VNICA BELLA
FORTITER ET RECTE
EX ANIMO
FIRMA FIDES
VICIT LEO
AMORE
FORTITVDO
RVIT HORA
CARPE DIEM
AGE VERVM
JVSTITIA
ALTA FETA
SEMPER ADES
SALVTE E PACE
IMO...ECTORE
LVX LVCEM
SPES MEA
ALTA PELAS
VENI VIDI VICI
MVLTA PAVCIS
EX ANIMO
A REMOTIS
AD SIDERA
PVPULA MEA
VNICA BELLA
VIVAMVS

Google Translate did a good job translating Latin
I did also translate my own motto concerning beads: NVMQVAM SATIS... Never enough! :-))

i even studied Latin at school but can't get very many of these and Google translate doesn't recognise many of the terms either,

I looked into a few, since I recognized some words. But I am in no way a Latin expert. Also did study it in high school for a few years, but that is some time ago ;) And English is not my mothertongue, so probably made mistakes. But I would love to learn as well. Maybe this helps in getting some direction? Are there also some Italian motto's? Like Ricordo di Assisi?

VERBA MONENT - Verba manent? - Words stay
PARATVS AD OMNIA - Prepared for everything
SPES SINE METYR - Hope without fear
ARTIVM AMORE PLENA - Full of love for art (the arts)
PAX ET BONVM - Peace and goodness
FIDES AMORIS - Believe and love (?)
SEMPER FIDELIS - Always loyal
MENTE EXCELAS - A great spirit
FORTITER ET RECTE - With strength and rightness
EX ANIMO - From the heart
FIRMA FIDES - Strong faith
VICIT LEO - Lion’s courage
AMORE - Love
FORTITVDO - Strength
CARPE DIEM - Seize the day
AGE VERVM - The truth comes (?)
JVSTITIA - Justice
SEMPER ADES - Always here
SALVTE E PACE - Health and peace
LVX LVCEM = something with light
SPES MEA - My hope
VENI VIDI VICI - I came I saw I conquered
MVLTA PAVCIS - Say much in few words ( I like this one, I think I need a whole necklace from these haha :))
EX ANIMO - warmly/heartily
AD SIDERA - To the stars
PVPULA MEA - the apple of my eye (?)
VNICA BELLA - Unique beauty
VIVAMVS - Let us live

And the more recent find, Carpe Diem. Thought I had one more, but maybe just those.

Was looking for something else at the Harvard Art Museum and stumbled across this. No description given.