The phrase Obscuris vera involvens means "Truth is enveloped by obscurity". It is from Virgil's Aeneid (VI, 100).

It is also found on an engraving on the title page of Francis Bacon's Wisdom of the Ancients (1641 French edition).

The phrase is inscribed on Athena's shield and explains the imagery there: the sun (truth) enveloped in clouds (obscurity), but shining through.

See also

  • http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lang/latin/Aeneidos/chap5.html. Archived from the original on 23 March 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2004. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Worldwide school library Aeneid (fifth paragraph)
  • http://www.fbrt.org.uk/pages/athena/frameset-athena.html. Archived from the original on 20 February 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2004. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Picture of engraving on Wisdom of the Ancients (Francis Bacon Research Trust)
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