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

Emblem 83

A man is too late in attacking a snake - it escapes through a gap in the wall

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem040

Iconclass

• 25F42(+5) snakes (+ animal(s) in motion; positions, expressions of animals)
• 25G3(+22) trees (+ branch, stick)
• 31A2511(+921) arm raised upward (+ threatening; fury)
• 31A2511(+933) arm raised upward (+ holding something)
• 31A2516 arm or hand held in front of the body
• 31A26211 one leg in front of the other, walking position
• 31D14 adult man
• 34F1 animals threatening man
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 43C(+4)(STICK)
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 51FF52(+4) Lateness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54B12(+4) Opportunity, Opportuneness, Seasonableness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54E4(+4) Defence (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(REMEDIUM TEMPESTIVUM SIT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (REMEDIUM TEMPESTIVUM SIT)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem083
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem083
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667