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

Emblem 123

Frogs and snakes at the foot of a palm-tree

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_jun1565_emblem009

Iconclass

• 11N32 Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
• 25F51(FROG)(+441) tailless amphibians: frog (+ herd, group of animals)
• 25F42(+5251) snakes (+ animal curling up)
• 25F42(+441) snakes (+ herd, group of animals)
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25G3(PALM-TREE) trees: palm-tree
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H15 forest, wood
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape
• 26A clouds
• 57A61(+4) Honesty; 'Honestà' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57A613(+4) Integrity (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57AA76(+4) Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57BB2(+4) Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtù' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(INVIDIA INTEGRITATIS ASSECLA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INVIDIA INTEGRITATIS ASSECLA)
• 92G4 (story of) Momus

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem123
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem123
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667