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

Emblem 151

While the workman slept, the ape has crushed his foot, playing with the pieces of wood

Facsimile

Iconclass

• 25F22(+535) monkeys, apes (+ sitting animal)
• 25F22(+621) monkeys, apes (+ animal(s) being hit, shot, caught)
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
• 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape
• 31A2512(+931) arm stretched forward (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A2515(+931) arm held downwards (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
• 31A2711 walking
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 41A3211 open door
• 41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 44G3711(+0) in the pillory, in the stocks (+ variant)
• 47B161(+21) handicrafts ~ wood, timber (+ men (labourers))
• 47D8(AXE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: axe
• 47D8(MALLET) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries (MALLET)
• 47D8(WEDGE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: wedge
• 52A12(+4) Curiosity, Inquisitiveness, Desire of Knowledge; 'Curiosità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54A33(+4) Skill, Ability; 'Artificio', 'Prontezza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54BB11(+4) Misuse, Misemployment (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 55C4(+4):54DD51(+4) Taking (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧Danger; 'Pericolo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 82A(CORYDON) male literary characters (CORYDON)
• 86(IN CURIOSOS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IN CURIOSOS)
• 92B2 (story of) Vulcan (Hephaestus)
• 92B4 (story of) Mars (Ares)
• 92L5 (story of) Pan
• 96C(PALINURUS) heroes, male characters from the legendary origins of Rome (PALINURUS)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem151
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem151
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667