Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)
Emblem 57
A fig-tree with crows and ravens
Luxuriosorum opesLatin
The riches of prodigals
- Interpretation (German)
- Verschwendung an Unwürdige
Facsimile
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Notes and related emblems
- Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem073
Iconclass
25F32(CROW)(+53)song-birds: crow (+ postures, positions of animal(s))25F32(RAVEN)(+53)song-birds: raven (+ postures, positions of animal(s))25G13groups of plants (herbs)25G3(FIG-TREE)trees: fig-tree25H1121mountain-top, peak54BB6(+4)Worthlessness (+ emblematical representation of concept)55B1(+4)Wealth, Opulence; 'Opulenza', 'Richezza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)55C11(+4)Squandering, Extravagance, Prodigality, Waste; 'Prodigalità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)86(LUXURIOSORUM OPES)proverbs, sayings, etc. (LUXURIOSORUM OPES)
Sources
Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem057
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem057
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667