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

Emblem 50

A man looking at a swallow

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem070

Iconclass

• 25F32(SWALLOW)(+412) song-birds: swallow (+ brooding, hatching)
• 25F32(SWALLOW)(+49) song-birds: swallow (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.)
• 26A clouds
• 31A2351 sitting on the ground
• 31A2511(+931) arm raised upward (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A25312(+53) head held in the hand(s), with elbows leaning on an elevation or on the knees (+ sitting)
• 31A534 beard
• 31B6211 looking upwards
• 31D14 adult man
• 41A313 façade of inner court
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 52D4(+4) Prolixity, Verbosity, Loquacity; 'Loquacità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(GARRULITAS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (GARRULITAS)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem050
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem050
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667