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

Emblem 116

The hand of Gaius Mucius Scaevola appearing from the clouds, holding a sword over a fire

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• In Paradin's Princeliicke Deviisen the motto of the emblem is: "Agere et pati fortia"
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_pad1615_emblem079

Iconclass

• 21C fire (one of the four elements)
• 26A clouds
• 31A2245(+933) hand (+ holding something)
• 31A2763(+0) floating in the air (+ variant)
• 41B121 flame
• 41B16 camp-fire; watch-fire
• 41B162 smoke
• 44C110 'Amor della patria' (Ripa)
• 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
• 57A2(+4) Sense of Duty, Devotion to Duty (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(PIETAS IN PATRIAM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (PIETAS IN PATRIAM)
• 98B(SCAEVOLA, C.M.)61(+0) Gaius Mucius Scaevola before Porsena: he thrusts his right hand into the flames (the body of the king's secretary who erroneously had been killed instead of Porsena may be seen lying on the ground) (+ variant)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem116
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem116
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667