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

Emblem 113

Two representations of Minerva: once she is seated at the foot of a bare olive-tree; once she is standing next to a fruit-bearing tree

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem098

Iconclass

• 25G3(OLIVE-TREE)(+34) trees: olive-tree (+ bearing fruit)
• 25G3(OLIVE-TREE)(+351) trees: olive-tree (+ bare plant)
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H16 plain
• 25H18 cultivated land
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure
• 31AA2351 sitting on the ground - AA - female human figure
• 31AA2422 head turned to the right - AA - female human figure
• 31AA247 looking over the shoulder - AA - female human figure
• 31AA26111(+51) standing or leaning with both legs straight, side by side, feet flat on the ground - AA - female human figure (+ standing)
• 31AA2621(+53) one leg in front of the other - AA - female human figure (+ sitting)
• 31D15 adult woman
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 45C14(LANCE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance
• 45C19(SHIELD) protective weapons: shield
• 45C22(+0) armour (+ variant)
• 45C221 helmet
• 47I111 cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet)
• 54A1(+4) Activity (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54AA1(+4) Inactivity (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54A46(+4) Rest; 'Quiete' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(COLVIUS, Peter)3 historical person (COLVIUS, Peter) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (COLVIUS, Peter)
• 86(INTERDUM REQUIESCENDUM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INTERDUM REQUIESCENDUM)
• 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)
• 92C28(ARMOUR) attributes of Minerva (ARMOUR)
• 92C28(HELMET) attributes of Minerva (HELMET)
• 92C28(LANCE) attributes of Minerva (LANCE)
• 92C28(OLIVE-TREE) attributes of Minerva (OLIVE-TREE)
• 92C281(+0) Aegis: shield with Gorgon's head (attribute of Minerva) (+ variant)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem113
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem113
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667