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

Emblem 132

A mouse is caught with his head in an oyster-shell

Captiuus, ob gulamLatin

Captured by gluttony

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11N35 Gluttony, Intemperance, 'Gula'; 'Gola', 'Ingordigia', 'Ingordigia overo Avidità', 'Voracità' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
25F26(MOUSE)(+63) rodents: mouse (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal)
25F31(+5262) groups of birds (+ flying animal(s))
25F72(+36) molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)
25F72(OYSTER)(+452) molluscs: oyster (+ animal with prey)
25H11 mountains
25H1124 boulder, stone
25H133 beach
25H23 sea (seascape)
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
26A clouds
44G(+56) law and jurisprudence (+ imprisonment)
46CC24(+63)
54AA43(+4) Intemperance, Immoderation (+ emblematical representation of concept)
86(CAPTIVUS OB GULAM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (CAPTIVUS OB GULAM)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem132
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Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667