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

Emblem 43

A man kneeling at a compass, folded hands, looking at the Pole Star and other stars; a deer drinking from a stream

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem062

Iconclass

• 11Q02 'Desiderio verso Iddio' (Ripa)
• 24D1(POLAR) stars and constellations (POLAR)
• 24F1 contemplating the firmament
• 25C21 compass
• 25F24(STAG)(+45) hoofed animals: stag (+ animals eating and drinking)
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H211 spring, source of river or stream
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 31A2331 kneeling on both knees
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A534 beard
• 31D14 adult man
• 41A351 terrace
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 49E1(+1) astronomy (and cosmography) (+ scholar, scientist (at work))
• 49E12 star-chart, star map
• 51LL1(+4):31B0 Rest, Immobility, Stasis (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ mind, spirit
• 54A47(+4) Peace of Mind, 'Aequitas' (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(JERMYN, Robert)3 historical person (JERMYN, Robert) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (JERMYN, Robert)
• 86(MENS IMMOTA MANET) proverbs, sayings, etc. (MENS IMMOTA MANET)
• 92I75 Scylla and Charybdis

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem043
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem043
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667