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

Emblem 100

Mercury teaches people to play the lute

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem043

Iconclass

• 20 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa)
• 25F(+342) animals (+ wings of an animal)
• 25F44(+36) tortoises, turtles (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
• 25H11 mountains
• 26A clouds
• 31A2352(+55) sitting on an elevation (+ sitting on the ground)
• 31A2421 head turned to the left
• 31AA2422 head turned to the right - AA - female human figure
• 31A244 head bent forward; bowing
• 31A2511 arm raised upward
• 31A2515 arm held downwards
• 31A2516(+939) arm or hand held in front of the body (+ other neutral connotations)
• 31A26114(+51) standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs apart (+ standing)
• 31A2621(+53) one leg in front of the other (+ sitting)
• 31AA26232 standing on one leg, the other leg forward, bent - AA - female human figure
• 31A534 beard
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D16 old man
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+82) gear for legs and feet (+ women's clothes)
• 43C912 woman dancing alone
• 48CC7211 musician training pupils, music-lesson - CC - out of doors
• 48CC7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery - CC - out of doors
• 48CC7522 one person playing string instrument (plucked) - CC - out of doors
• 52AA11(+4) Lack of Talent (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54A11(+4) Industriousness, Assiduity; 'Assiduità', 'Industria', 'Zelo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54A2(+4) Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54D3(+4) Completion (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(WHITNEY, Hugh)3 historical person (WHITNEY, Hugh) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (WHITNEY, Hugh)
• 86(INDUSTRIA NATURAM CORRIGIT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INDUSTRIA NATURAM CORRIGIT)
• 92B55 non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of Mercury
• 92B58(PETASUS) attributes of Mercury: petasus, a winged sun hat

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem100
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem100
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667