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

Emblem 103

An old woman with a snake escaping from her mouth

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem071

Iconclass

• 11N32 Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
• 25F42(+5253) snakes (+ animal rotating, twisting)
• 25G12 groups of shrubs
• 25H11 mountains
• 25I5 landscape with tower or castle
• 26A clouds
• 31AA222(+89) chest, bust - AA - female human figure (+ nude human being)
• 31AA2221 heart - AA - female human figure
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2516(+933) arm or hand held in front of the body (+ holding something)
• 31AA2711 walking - AA - female human figure
• 31AA4632 infections and wounds - AA - female human figure
• 31B62323 tongue stuck out
• 31D15 adult woman
• 32A22 thin (human type)
• 41C11(+0) eating (+ variant)
• 41D232(+82) skirt (+ women's clothes)
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 41D263 walking-stick, staff, cane
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 57AA76(+4) Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(WHITNEY, Ralph)3 historical person (WHITNEY, Ralph) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (WHITNEY, Ralph)
• 86(INVIDIAE DESCRIPTIO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INVIDIAE DESCRIPTIO)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem103
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem103
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667