Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 42

A man in bed with a woman, a laid table next to the bed, a woman in a dress with eyes and wings at her feet (Fama) flees from the room

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_jun1565_emblem052

Iconclass

• 11N35(+0) Gluttony, Intemperance, 'Gula'; 'Gola', 'Ingordigia', 'Ingordigia overo Avidità', 'Voracità' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins (+ variant)
• 11N36(+0) Lust, Luxury, 'Luxuria'; 'Lussuria' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Deadly Sins (+ variant)
• 11N37(+0) Sloth, Indolence, 'Acedia', 'Desidia'; 'Accidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins (+ variant)
• 25F(+342):31A2255 animals (+ wings of an animal)❧foot
• 31A222(+89) chest, bust (+ nude human being)
• 31AA222(+89) chest, bust - AA - female human figure (+ nude human being)
• 31A2361 lying on the back with uplifted upper part of the body
• 31AA2361 lying on the back with uplifted upper part of the body - AA - female human figure
• 31A2422 head turned to the right
• 31AA2422 head turned to the right - AA - female human figure
• 31AA247 looking over the shoulder - AA - female human figure
• 31A2513(+921) arm stretched sidewards (+ threatening; fury)
• 31A2513(+934) arm stretched sidewards (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A2515 arm held downwards
• 31A2519 hand not visible
• 31A2559 postures and gestures of other fingers
• 31AA2723 climbing - AA - female human figure
• 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing
• 33C9 Love: 'Frau Minne' and other allegories
• 33C226(+0) interrupted meeting, lovers caught by surprise (+ variant)
• 41A23 bedroom
• 41A3211 open door
• 41A33 window
• 41A711 table
• 41A713 cover for table, etc.
• 41A7612 bed with tester
• 41A7632(+5):25F(+352) pillow (+ zoogenic material)❧animals (+ feathers)
• 41A7633 sheet
• 41C321 cup
• 41C326 jar, jug (used as drinking-vessel)
• 41C342 serving-dish, platter
• 41C52(+0) carousal, drinking-bout, orgy (+ variant)
• 41C6(+2) foodstuffs; still life of foodstuffs (+ foodstuffs, drink, etc. on a plate)
• 41C621 bread, loaf
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 41D212(+82) coat, cape (+ women's clothes)
• 54AA11(+4) Sluggishness, Inertia; 'Dapocaggine', 'Pigritia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54A43(+4) Temperance, Moderation; 'Misura' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54AA43(+4) Intemperance, Immoderation (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57AA51(+4) Licentiousness, Lasciviousness; 'Lascivia', 'Licenza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 59B32(+11) Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
• 59B32(+4) Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(VENTER, PLUMA, VENUS LAUDEM FUGIUNT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (VENTER, PLUMA, VENUS LAUDEM FUGIUNT)
• 98B(SARDANAPALUS)3 (story of) Sardanapalus - representations to which the NAME of a person from classical history may be attached

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem042
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem042
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667