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

Emblem 174

With a chain Satan is trying - in vain - to pull the book of truth to a hidden place

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Compare: Mon.72

Iconclass

• 11A23 God's perfections
• 11C12 hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father
• 11C15 (rays of) light ~ symbol of God the Father
• 11K(SATAN) devil(s) and demons: Satan
• 11K2(+0) devils in the form of (fabulous) animals (+ variant)
• 11L0
• 11S3 journey to heaven, pathway to heaven
• 11T11 hell represented as landscape
• 22C31 radiance emanating from persons or things
• 25F(+342) animals (+ wings of an animal)
• 25H112 rocks
• 26A clouds
• 31A2245(+933) hand (+ holding something)
• 31A2351 sitting on the ground
• 31A2422 head turned to the right
• 31A2763(+0) floating in the air (+ variant)
• 31AA2511(+933) arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
• 31AA2517 arm or hand bent behind the body - AA - both arms or hands
• 43A(+12) festivities (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities)
• 47D8(CHAIN) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chain
• 49MM32 book - MM - book open
• 52A6(+4) Truth; 'Verità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(CARTWRIGHT, Geffrey)3 historical person (CARTWRIGHT, Geffrey) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (CARTWRIGHT, Geffrey)
• 86(ET USQUE AD NUBES VERITAS TUA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (ET USQUE AD NUBES VERITAS TUA)
• 86(VERITAS INVICTA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (VERITAS INVICTA)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem174
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem174
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667