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

Emblem 93

Conversation of two idle men

Desidiam abiiciendamLatin

Sloth to be rejected

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25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
25H11 mountains
25H1124 boulder, stone
26A clouds
31A2351 sitting on the ground
31A2352 sitting on an elevation
31A244 head bent forward; bowing
31A247 looking over the shoulder
31A2513 arm stretched sidewards
31A2515 arm held downwards
31A2516 arm or hand held in front of the body
31A26113(+53) sitting or lying with both legs straight, side by side (+ sitting)
31A2626(+53) sitting or lying with one leg stretched forward and the other leg drawn up (+ sitting)
31B6212 looking downwards
31D14(+72) adult man (+ two persons)
41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
41D29(+81) clothed in rags (+ men's clothes)
46A170 Labour
54DD2(+4) Idleness; 'Otio' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
86(DESIDIAM ABIICIENDAM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (DESIDIAM ABIICIENDAM)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem093
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem093
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667