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

Emblem 145

Hope, holding a bow and Nemesis holding a bridle

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem046

Iconclass

• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 31AA2352(+61) sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure (+ forward)
• 31A2512(+932) arm stretched forward (+ addressing)
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A25552(+932) index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ addressing)
• 31AA2621(+51) one leg in front of the other - AA - female human figure (+ standing)
• 31AA2621(+53) one leg in front of the other - AA - female human figure (+ sitting)
• 31AA2749
• 31B6211 looking upwards
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D15(+72) adult woman (+ two persons)
• 34B131 bird in a cage
• 41A51 courtyard
• 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 41D2332(+82) shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes)
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 45C15(BOW) archer's weapons: bow
• 46C13161 saddle and bridle (saddlery)
• 56D1(+1) Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa) (+ personification)
• 56D1(+4) Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 59C3(+4) Legality (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(ILLICITUM NON SPERANDUM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (ILLICITUM NON SPERANDUM)
• 92G2 Nemesis (Adrastea)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem145
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem145
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667