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

Emblem 48

Ocnus and another man make a rope; an ass is eating a rope that is finished

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of this emblem is: "Ocni effigies de iis qui meretricibus donant, quod in bonos usus verti debeat"
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem091

Iconclass

• 25H11 mountains
• 25I146 city-walls
• 31A2352(+61) sitting on an elevation (+ forward)
• 31AA2512(+933) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
• 31A2621(+53) one leg in front of the other (+ sitting)
• 31A26211(+51) one leg in front of the other, walking position (+ standing)
• 31A2747 drawing, pulling something
• 31A2748 pushing something
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D14(+72) adult man (+ two persons)
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 46C13142(+745) ass, donkey (+ animals eating and drinking)
• 47D8(ROPE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope
• 47H31(+21) spinning (manufacture of yarn) (+ men (labourers))
• 47H352(+442) (ball of) yarn (+ reeds, rushes ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)
• 54A11(+4) Industriousness, Assiduity; 'Assiduità', 'Industria', 'Zelo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54BB6(+4):46A17 Worthlessness (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧working class, labourers
• 55C11(+4):42D36 Squandering, Extravagance, Prodigality, Waste; 'Prodigalità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧bad wife
• 86(LABOR IRRITUS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (LABOR IRRITUS)
• 93E86 Ocnus, usually twisting a cord which is eaten by an ass as soon as it is being made

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem048
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem048
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667