Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)
Emblem 94
Saladin's shirt stuck on a lance
Mortui diuitiaeLatin
A dead man's riches
Ad Reverendum virum Dn. Alexandrum Nowell Paulinae ecclesiae Londini Decanum, doctrina & exemplo clarum
Facsimile
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Notes and related emblems
- Related emblem in another book: embmne_pad1615_emblem028
Iconclass
11R5(personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilità humana, Fugacità delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanità (Ripa)11R7'Vanitas' symbols31E1041D223(SHIRT)(+81)clothing for the upper part of the body (SHIRT) (+ men's clothes)44B114(SULTAN)other sovereign (SULTAN)45C11(SPEAR)casting weapons: spear46A16061B2(NOWEL, Alexander)3historical person (NOWEL, Alexander) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (NOWEL, Alexander)61B2(SALADIN [of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine])3historical person (SALADIN [of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine]) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (SALADIN [of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine])86(MORTUI DIVITIAE)proverbs, sayings, etc. (MORTUI DIVITIAE)
Sources
Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem094
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem094
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667