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

Emblem 191

Occasio as a bald, naked woman with a long forelock, holds a razor with one hand and her fluttering drapery with the other; she stands on a wheel at sea

In occasionemLatin

On opportunity

To my Kinsman M. GEFFREY WHITNEY

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Notes and related emblems

Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem121

Iconclass

25F(+342):31A2255 animals (+ wings of an animal)❧foot
25H11 mountains
25H131 rocky coast
25H23 sea (seascape)
25H2311 wave
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
26A clouds
26C winds
31AA2421 head turned to the left - AA - female human figure
31A2513(+933) arm stretched sidewards (+ holding something)
31A2513(+9331) arm stretched sidewards (+ holding a piece of drapery which blows out)
31AA26252 standing on one leg, the other leg backwards, bent - AA - female human figure
31AA2774 floating (movement in water) - AA - female human figure
31A5351 razor
31B6211 looking upwards
31D15(+89) adult woman (+ nude human being)
41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
46C19 wheel (of vehicle)
46C24(+63) sailing-ship, sailing-boat (+ under way, at sea (~ travelling))
46C29 shipping accident; sickness and death at sea
54B121(+11) 'Occasio', 'Kairos'; 'Occasione' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
54B121(+4) 'Occasio', 'Kairos'; 'Occasione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
61B2(WHITNEY, Geffrey)3 historical person (WHITNEY, Geffrey) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (WHITNEY, Geffrey)
86(IN OCCASIONEM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IN OCCASIONEM)
98B(LYSIPPUS)3 male persons from classical history (LYSIPPUS) - representations to which the NAME of a person from classical history may be attached

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem191
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem191
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667