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

Emblem 119

The sun scorches the eyes of Marcus Attilius Regulus whose eyelids have been cut off; the nail-studded barrel in which the Carthaginians will put him, lies next to him

Facsimile

Iconclass

• 22E12 burning
• 24A6 sun represented as face, wheel, etc.
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25H11 mountains
• 31A222(+89) chest, bust (+ nude human being)
• 31A236 lying figure
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2514 arm held backwards
• 31A2516 arm or hand held in front of the body
• 31A2621 one leg in front of the other
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 41A723(+0) bench (+ variant)
• 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 44G3121(+0) prisoner with hands bound (+ variant)
• 44G33 torture
• 45A1310
• 45C14(BATTLE-AXE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting) (BATTLE-AXE)
• 45C22 armour
• 45C221 helmet
• 45D313 private soldier
• 47D8(NAIL) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: nail
• 47D8(ROPE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope
• 57A62(+4) Fidelity; 'Fedeltà' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61E(CARTHAGO) names of cities and villages (CARTHAGO)
• 86(HOSTI ETIAM SERVANDA FIDES) proverbs, sayings, etc. (HOSTI ETIAM SERVANDA FIDES)
• 98B(REGULUS, M. A.)68 male persons from classical history (REGULUS, M. A.) - death of person from classical history
• 98B(XANTIPPUS) male persons from classical history (XANTIPPUS)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem119
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem119
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667