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

Emblem 104

An avaricious and an envious man are granted a wish by the gods on the condition that the first who makes a wish will get what he wants while the second will receive the same thing twice; the envious man is forced to go first and wishes to lose one eye ...

De Invido & Avaro, iocosumLatin

Of the envious and the avaricious, in a humorous tale

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Iconclass

11N32(+0) Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins (+ variant)
25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
25H11 mountains
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
31A2212 eyes
31A2515 arm held downwards
31A2515(+931) arm held downwards (+ indicating, pointing at)
31A2516 arm or hand held in front of the body
31A2531 hand(s) bent towards the head
31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
31A2711 walking
31A4111 blind, blindness
41D225(+81) gloves, mittens, etc. (+ men's clothes)
41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
41D267 purse, money-bag
46A1632 money-chest, treasure-chest, money-box
46C11 road, path
55CC11(+4) Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
86(DE INVIDO ET AVARO, IOCOSUM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (DE INVIDO ET AVARO, IOCOSUM)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem104
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem104
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667