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

Emblem 59

Birds on a tree symbolize the seasons: robin (winter), swallow (spring), cuckoo (summer), beccafico (autumn) (only three are depicted)

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem100

Iconclass

• 23F44:47I421 autumn landscape; landscape symbolizing autumn (the four seasons of the year)❧vineyard
• 23H4 the four seasons of the year ~ other concepts (e.g. biblical scenes)
• 23H41:25F32(CHAFFINCH) winter ~ other concepts (e.g. biblical scenes) (the four seasons of the year)❧song-birds (CHAFFINCH)
• 23H42:25F32(SWALLOW)(+53) spring ~ other concepts (e.g. biblical scenes) (the four seasons of the year)❧song-birds: swallow (+ postures, positions of animal(s))
• 23H43:25F39(CUCKOO) summer ~ other concepts (e.g. biblical scenes) (the four seasons of the year)❧other birds: cuckoo
• 23H44:25F32(FINCH) autumn ~ other concepts (e.g. biblical scenes) (the four seasons of the year)❧song-birds: finch
• 25G3 trees
• 25H112 rocks
• 26A clouds
• 51F7(+4) Regularity of Recurrence (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 51K1(+4) Change (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(REUSNER, Nicholas)3 historical person (REUSNER, Nicholas) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (REUSNER, Nicholas)
• 86(IN QUATTUOR ANNI TEMPORA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IN QUATTUOR ANNI TEMPORA)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem059
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem059
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667