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

Emblem 149

A quill flying out of the trembling hand of emperor Valens

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• In Paradin's Princeliicke Deviisen the motto of the emblem is: "Ulterius ne tende odiis"
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_pad1615_emblem104

Iconclass

• 11A23 God's perfections
• 11H(BASIL THE GREAT)5(+0) Basil the Great (Basilius Magnus), bishop of Caesarea; possible attributes: dove, (column of) fire - miraculous activities and events ~ male saint (+ variant)
• 26A clouds
• 31A2245(+934) hand (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A2763(+0) floating in the air (+ variant)
• 41D2664 ring
• 49L511 quill
• 49L61 ink
• 54E42(+4) Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici & venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54F12(+4) Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(G. B. Senior)3 historical person (G. B. Senior) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (G. B. Senior)
• 86(VINDICE FATE) proverbs, sayings, etc. (VINDICE FATE)
• 98B(VALENS)5 male persons from classical history (VALENS) - non-aggressive activities of person from classical history

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem149
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem149
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667