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Mercury (with Petasus, Caduceus, open book with music notation, lyre, Aesculapian sign, purse(?)) and Minerva (helmet with sphinx, Aegis, sceptre(?), burning oil lamp, fasces) seated at either side of a large bowl on a tripod wherein a fire is burning; over the fire Caduceus and sceptre touch; a sun in front of the inscription where the staff and sceptre touch; an open book between caduceus and sceptre; Cornucopia-variant on the floor; banderole with inscription
HAC ITUR AD ASTRA (LA)
Iconclass notations
11R7
'Vanitas' symbols
21C
fire (one of the four elements)
24A6
sun represented as face, wheel, etc.
25F42(+1)
snakes (+ animals used symbolically)
31A2352
sitting on an elevation
31A25552
index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
31A45231(+3)
sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) (+ legs, wings, etc.)
31AA2352
sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
41A7111
tripod
41A77
containers
41B1
open fire (in general)
41B34(+1)
oil-lamp (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
44B192
sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty)
44G(+35)
law and jurisprudence (+ 'fasces cum securibus')
45C14(LANCE)
helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance
45C19(SHIELD)
protective weapons: shield
45C221
helmet
46B311
coin
48A98211
mask, mascaron ~ ornament
48A9823
ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed
48A9851
ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament
48C7321
lyre, cithara, psaltery
48C74
notation of music
49G011
Aesculapian sign
49L73
banderole
49L8
inscription
49MM32
book - MM - book open
83(VERGILIUS, Aeneis IX 641)
(VERGILIUS, Aeneis IX 641) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
86(HAC ITUR AD ASTRA)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (HAC ITUR AD ASTRA)
92B11221
'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty
92B5
(story of) Mercury (Hermes)
92B58(CADUCEUS)
caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury)
92C2
(story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)
92C28(HELMET WITH SPHINX)
attributes of Minerva (HELMET WITH SPHINX)
92C28(LANCE)
attributes of Minerva (LANCE)
92C28(SCEPTRE)
attributes of Minerva (SCEPTRE)
92C281
Aegis: shield with Gorgon's head (attribute of Minerva)
86(HAC ITUR AD ASTRA)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (HAC ITUR AD ASTRA)