Device of Cambridge University (Press): a pedestal with inscription, with the naked torso of a woman with a mural crown on her head; milk flowing from her breasts; both arms extended: on the right hand a sun, on her left a cup into which drops fall from the clouds. Shrubs (young olive-shoots?) to either side of the pedestal.

Used by

Pieter van Veen — 1692×1
Anonymous — 1651×1

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Device of Cambridge University (Press): a pedestal with inscription, with the naked torso of a woman with a mural crown on her head; milk flowing from her breasts; both arms extended: on the right hand a sun, on her left a cup into which drops fall from the clouds. Shrubs (young olive-shoots?) to either side of the pedestal.

HINC LVCEM ET POCVLA SACRA (LA)

Iconclass notations

24A6 sun represented as face, wheel, etc.

25G3(OLIVE-TREE) trees: olive-tree

25G3(OLIVE-TREE)(+361) trees: olive-tree (+ young plant)

25L(CAMBRIDGE)11 cities represented allegorically or symbolically (CAMBRIDGE) - city-crown

26A32 nimbus, i.e. rain clouds

26B rain

31AA22232 breasts giving milk - AA - female human figure

31AA2513 arm stretched sidewards - AA - both arms or hands

31D15(+89) adult woman (+ nude human being)

41C322 mug, beaker, goblet

48C244(+0) pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm) (+ variant)

49L8 inscription

61E(CAMBRIDGE) names of cities and villages (CAMBRIDGE)

86(HINC LUCEM ET POCULA SACRA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (HINC LUCEM ET POCULA SACRA)