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

Emblem 60

Two birds fighting over the possession of a tree

Paruam culinam, duobus ganeonibus non sufficereLatin

A small kitchen does not suffice for two gluttons

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25F32(ROBIN)(+544) song-birds: robin (+ animal with head bent forward; bowing animal)
25F32(ROBIN)(+44) song-birds: robin (+ relationship between animals)
25F32(ROBIN)(+5):31A2764 song-birds: robin (+ animal(s) in motion; positions, expressions of animals)❧falling through the air
25F32(ROBIN)(+51) song-birds: robin (+ fighting animals; aggressive relations)
25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
25G3 trees
25H114 low hill country
41C232:11N35 poor kitchen❧Gluttony, Intemperance, 'Gula'; 'Gola', 'Ingordigia', 'Ingordigia overo Avidità', 'Voracità' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
55BB2(+4):54EE33(+4) Scarcity; 'Carestia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧Competition, Rivalry, Emulation; 'Emulatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
86(PARVAM CULINAM DUOBUS GANEONIBUS NON SUFFICERE) proverbs, sayings, etc. (PARVAM CULINAM DUOBUS GANEONIBUS NON SUFFICERE)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem060
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem060
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667