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

Emblem 127

The universe - the sun and moon, the stars, the winds, the elements: air, water, earth and fire - in its primeval state of Chaos

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Compare: Ane.49 completar ?

Iconclass

• 10 (symbolic) representations ~ creation, cosmos, cosmogony, universe, and life (in the broadest sense)
• 21A air (one of the four elements)
• 21B earth (one of the four elements)
• 21C fire (one of the four elements)
• 21D water (one of the four elements)
• 24A sun as celestial body
• 24B1 waxing moon, i.e. facing this way: )
• 24D stars
• 26C winds
• 44G0 symbols and allegories of jurisprudence
• 49L8 inscription
• 51D1(+4) Order, Arrangement, Organization (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 51DD1(+4) Disorder, Confusion, Derangement, Disorganization, Chaos (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(FLOWERDEW, Edward)3 historical person (FLOWERDEW, Edward) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (FLOWERDEW, Edward)
• 61B2(WYNDHAM, Francis)3 historical person (WYNDHAM, Francis) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (WYNDHAM, Francis)
• 86(CHAOS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (CHAOS)
• 86(SINE IUSTITIA, CONFUSIO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SINE IUSTITIA, CONFUSIO)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem127
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem127
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667