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

Emblem 64

A monkey is using the paw of a dog to take out chestnuts from a fire

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Compare: embmne_sam1569_079

Iconclass

• 21C fire (one of the four elements)
• 25F22(+534) monkeys, apes (+ squatting, crouching animal)
• 25F22(+5571) monkeys, apes (+ animal gripping another animal, human figure, or object)
• 25G21(CHESTNUT) fruits: chestnut
• 31A247 looking over the shoulder
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2621(+51) one leg in front of the other (+ standing)
• 31A534 beard
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D16 old man
• 34B11(+949) dog (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.)
• 34B11(+962) dog (+ animal(s) being wounded)
• 41A22 communal rooms
• 41A33 window
• 41A711 table
• 41A712 shelves, rack, sideboard
• 41B121 flame
• 41B162 smoke
• 41B21 open hearth, fire-place
• 41C25 cooking food
• 41C2541 open fire, fire-place, stove (in kitchen)
• 41C311 table-knife
• 41C342 serving-dish, platter
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 46A1610
• 53C21(+4) Compulsion (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54AA4(+4) Vehemence, Violence, Fierceness; 'Sforza con Inganno', 'Violenza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(NON DOLO, SED VI) proverbs, sayings, etc. (NON DOLO, SED VI)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem064
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem064
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667