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

Emblem 130

A shield with a swan is attached to a tree with a ribbon

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem183

Iconclass

• 25F36(SWAN)(+12) water-birds: swan (+ heraldic animals)
• 25F36(SWAN)(+54) water-birds: swan (+ postures of the head ~ animal)
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
• 25G3(+351) trees (+ bare plant)
• 25G4(REED) plants and herbs: reed
• 25H19 swamps and polders
• 41D2653 border, ribbon, braid
• 46A122 armorial bearing, heraldry
• 48A984 ornament derived from animal forms
• 48C901 symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa)
• 48C910 inspiration of the poet; 'Furore poetico' (Ripa)
• 57A612(+4) Sincerity; 'Purità et Sincerità d'animo', 'Sincerità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(DOUSA, Janus [of Nordwijk])3 historical person (DOUSA, Janus [of Nordwijk]) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (DOUSA, Janus [of Nordwijk])
• 61B2(... [of Liguria])3
• 86(INSIGNIA POETARUM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INSIGNIA POETARUM)
• 92B3 (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem130
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem130
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667