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

Emblem 92

Hanno of Carthage teaches birds to sing 'Hanno is a god' and then releases them, but the birds, once free, forget what they had been taught

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem045

Iconclass

• 25F3(+72) birds (+ experiments with animals (biological aspects))
• 25F31(+5262) groups of birds (+ flying animal(s))
• 25H15 forest, wood
• 25H213 river
• 26A clouds
• 31A2512(+931) arm stretched forward (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A2516 arm or hand held in front of the body
• 31A534 beard
• 31A26114(+51) standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs apart (+ standing)
• 31B6211 looking upwards
• 31D16 old man
• 41A311 front façade
• 41D21(+81) clothes covering the entire body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 44G319 release from prison
• 46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
• 49L8 inscription
• 52AA511(+4) Ridiculousness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 56F11(+4) Ambition; 'Ambitione', 'Amor di Fama' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(ANNO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (ANNO)
• 86(RIDICULA AMBITIO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (RIDICULA AMBITIO)
• 98B(HANNO)51 Hanno of Carthage teaches birds to sing 'Hanno is a god' and then releases them, but the birds, once free, forget what they had been taught (the same story is told of Psaphon from Libya, but then the birds do not forget)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem092
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem092
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667