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

Emblem 175

A snake biting the finger of St. Paul

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_pad1615_emblem131

Iconclass

• 11A23 God's perfections
• 21C fire (one of the four elements)
• 25F42(+5253) snakes (+ animal rotating, twisting)
• 25F42(+452) snakes (+ animal with prey)
• 26A clouds
• 31A2245(+929) hand (+ other connotations)
• 31A2763(+0) floating in the air (+ variant)
• 31EE23333 violent death by bite or sting of poisonous animal - EE - death not certain; wounded person
• 41B121 flame
• 41B16 camp-fire; watch-fire
• 41B162 smoke
• 54A6(+4) Helpfulness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54A72(+4) Invulnerability (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 73F2237231 Paul bitten by a viper (when throwing wood on the fire)
• 86(SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA NOS?) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA NOS?)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem175
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem175
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667