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

Emblem 52

Spiders and bees eating from a rose-bush

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• In Junius' Emblemata the motto of this emblem is "Boni adulterium"
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_jun1565_emblem033

Iconclass

• 11Q5110
• 25F711(BEE)(+45) insects: bee (+ animals eating and drinking)
• 25F713(+45) spiders (+ animals eating and drinking)
• 25F713(+63) spiders (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal)
• 25G11 groups of trees
• 25G4(ROSE)(+32) plants and herbs (ROSE) (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)
• 25G41(ROSE) flowers: rose
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H15 forest, wood
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 26A clouds
• 47I244(+945) bees ~ apiculture (+ animals eating and drinking)
• 54A7(+4):11Q511 Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosità dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧the Bible as a book
• 58BB1(+4) Mortality, Extinction of Life (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 58B2(+4) Life (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(VITAE, AUT MORTI) proverbs, sayings, etc. (VITAE, AUT MORTI)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem052
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem052
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667