dpd_1207
Mercury (cock, caduceus, petasus) holding a medallion with a man climbing a steep hill; a woman(?) with wings at her head, holding a shield with a Saracen horseman with a scimitar, a crescent, two stars
NIHIL ARDUUM FORTI (LA)
Iconclass notations
24B
moon as celestial body
24D
stars
25F3(+342)
birds (+ wings of an animal)
31A25552
index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
31A2723
climbing
31A2763
floating in the air
34B232(+51)
fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) (+ male animal)
31D14
adult man
43B16
mountain climbing, mountaineering
45C13(SCIMITAR)
hacking and thrusting weapons (SCIMITAR)
46A122
armorial bearing, heraldry
46C131
riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
46B311
coin
5(+11)
Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
54DD4(+4)
Difficulty (+ emblematical representation of concept)
92B11221
'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty
92B5
(story of) Mercury (Hermes)
92B58(CADUCEUS)
caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury)
92B58(COCK)
attributes of Mercury (COCK)
92B58(PETASUS)
attributes of Mercury: petasus, a winged sun hat
86(NIHIL ARDUUM FORTI)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (NIHIL ARDUUM FORTI)