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

Emblem 114

Janus is holding a sceptre and a mirror and simultaneously looking into th epast and the future

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Compare: La Per. Th. 1

Iconclass

• 23A310
• 23A330
• 25G11 groups of trees
• 25G3(+211) trees (+ stump, stub)
• 25H11 mountains
• 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape
• 26A clouds
• 31A2513(+933) arm stretched sidewards (+ holding something)
• 31A2624(+51) standing on one leg, the other leg held sideways (+ standing)
• 31A31 sight, looking (one of the five senses)
• 31A44(+41) anthropomorphic beings (legendary or not) with heads, limbs or organs of an abnormal number, in abnormal places or of an abnormal shape) (+ head, face)
• 31A511 mirror
• 31A534 beard
• 31D14 adult man
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 44B192 sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty)
• 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
• 45C22 armour
• 51I5(+4) Middle; 'Mezo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(RESPICE ET PROSPICE) proverbs, sayings, etc. (RESPICE ET PROSPICE)
• 96A12 (story of) Janus
• 96A127:45A0 (story of) Janus - specific aspects, allegorical aspects, as patron of❧?
• 96A128(JANUS' HEAD) Janus' head, two-faced head

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem114
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem114
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667