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

Emblem 165

Gazing at the stars in the distant sky, the astronomer does not notice the pit in front of him and falls into it

In eos, qui, proximioribus spretis, remotiora sequunturLatin

On those who having spurned what is more near, pursue what is more remote

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24D stars
24F1 contemplating the firmament
24F2 stars in the firmament
25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
25H1124 boulder, stone
25H115 pit, hole
31A247 looking over the shoulder
31A2511 arm raised upward
31A262 legs in different position
31A2731 falling
31A534 beard
31B6211 looking upwards
31D14 adult man
41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
41D212(+81) coat, cape (+ men's clothes)
49E1(+1) astronomy (and cosmography) (+ scholar, scientist (at work))
49E122 armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe
51I4(+4)54DD51(+4) Nearness
51II4(+4):52EE11(+4) Farness (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧Inquiry, Investigation; 'Investigatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
52AA51(+4) Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
85(HEEDLESS ASTRONOMER) fables (HEEDLESS ASTRONOMER)
86(IN EOS, QUI, PROXIMIORIBUS SPRETIS, REMOTIORA SEQUUNTUR) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IN EOS, QUI, PROXIMIORIBUS SPRETIS, REMOTIORA SEQUUNTUR)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem165
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem165
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667