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

Emblem 180

A young kite vomits because it has eaten too much; another kite watches

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem128

Iconclass

• 25F33(KITE)(+323) predatory birds: kite (+ entrails, internal organs of an animal)
• 25F33(KITE)(+551) predatory birds: kite (+ animal with forelegs raised upward)
• 25F33(KITE)(+49) predatory birds: kite (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.)
• 25F33(KITE)(+61):31A63 predatory birds: kite (+ animal(s) being sick; having a disease)❧vomiting
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
• 25H1124 boulder, stone
• 25H113 (high) hill
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 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(FERE SIMILE PRAECEDENTI, EX ALCIATO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (FERE SIMILE PRAECEDENTI, EX ALCIATO)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem180
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem180
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667