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

Emblem 186

Three women gambling with dice; the winner is about to be hit on the head by a falling tile (this detail not represented)

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem129

Iconclass

• 11A23 God's perfections
• 13E219(DICE)
• 31AA2352 sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
• 31A2512 arm stretched forward
• 31A2512(+931) arm stretched forward (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A2512(+932) arm stretched forward (+ addressing)
• 31A2513(+931) arm stretched sidewards (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A2515 arm held downwards
• 31A25551(+931) index finger upwards (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
• 31AA2621(+53) one leg in front of the other - AA - female human figure (+ sitting)
• 31D15(+73) adult woman (+ three persons)
• 31E224 accidental death by falling objects
• 41A221 living-room, parlour, sitting-room
• 41A33 window
• 41A711 table
• 41A7231
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 41D221(+82) head-gear (+ women's clothes)
• 43C552 dice
• 51A4(+4) Presence (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 52A2(+4) Forethought, Deliberation; 'Previdenza', 'Providenza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54F121(+4) Turn of Fate, Wheel of Fortune (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54FF11(+4) Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(SEMPER PRAESTO ESSE INFORTUNIA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SEMPER PRAESTO ESSE INFORTUNIA)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem186
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem186
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667