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

Emblem 106

A squid escapes a fisherman

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem057

Iconclass

• 25D25 peat (soil type)
• 25F72(CUTTLE-FISH)(+54):33B9 molluscs: cuttle-fish (+ postures of the head ~ animal)❧flight, running away; pursuing
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H13 coast
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 26A clouds
• 31A233 kneeling figure
• 31A2512(+934) arm stretched forward (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A2513(+933) arm stretched sidewards (+ holding something)
• 31A534 beard
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D14 adult man
• 41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+7) trousers, breeches (+ worn or torn clothes)
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 43C128 fisherman
• 43C128(+4163) fisherman (+ net)
• 46C223 harbour
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 47I213(+9441) sheep (+ herd, group of animals)
• 47I213(+945) sheep (+ animals eating and drinking)
• 54E43(+4) Preservation, Sustenance; 'Salvezza', 'Sostanza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 58B21+4)
• 61B2(SALMON, George)3 historical person (SALMON, George) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (SALMON, George)
• 86(DUM POTES VIVE) proverbs, sayings, etc. (DUM POTES VIVE)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem106
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem106
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667