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

Emblem 107

In vain a fox is trying to reach a bunch of grapes

Stultitia sua seipsum saginariLatin

To glut oneself in one's own foolishness

Ad H. S. communem viduarum procum.

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25F23(FOX)(+58) beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox (+ relations with neutral or friendly, non-aggressive character (expressive connotations ~ animals))
25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
41A625 trellis
47I422 vine
47I4222 bunch of grapes
52AA51(+4) Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
57BB21(+4) Contempt (+ emblematical representation of concept)
61B2(H. S.)3 historical person (H. S.) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (H. S.)
85(FOX AND GRAPES) fables (FOX AND GRAPES)
86(STULTITIA SUA SEIPSUM SAGINARI) proverbs, sayings, etc. (STULTITIA SUA SEIPSUM SAGINARI)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem107
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem107
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667