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

Emblem 179

The tame monkey of a miser throws his master's gold coins out of a window

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Compare: Par.214
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sym1574_emblem031

Iconclass

• 25F22(+535) monkeys, apes (+ sitting animal)
• 25F22(+39):31AA2512(+939) ?❧arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ other neutral connotations)
• 25F22(+5241) monkeys, apes (+ animal(s) throwing something)
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 41A16 rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage
• 41A3211 open door
• 41A3361(+0) human figure at (open) window, seen from outside (+ variant)
• 41A711 table
• 41A777 container of textile material: bag, sack, net
• 43C7144 throwing coins (throwing game)
• 46A122(...)3 armorial bearing, heraldry (with NAME of family) - device, motto
• 46B311 coin
• 46B5120 'Usura' (Ripa)
• 52B5112(+4):55A1(+4) Bad, Evil, Wrong (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧Acquisition, Gain, Profit (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 55C11(+4) Squandering, Extravagance, Prodigality, Waste; 'Prodigalità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(MALE PARTA MALE DILABUNTUR) proverbs, sayings, etc. (MALE PARTA MALE DILABUNTUR)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem179
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem179
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667