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

Emblem 195

A man carving a text in a marble slab

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sym1574_emblem013

Iconclass

• 25D12(MARBLE) kinds of non-precious stone: marble
• 31A2352 sitting on an elevation
• 31A2511(+933) arm raised upward (+ holding something)
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2743 hitting at something
• 31A534 beard
• 41A711 table
• 41A723 bench
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
• 41D2332(+81) shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes)
• 46A122(...)3 armorial bearing, heraldry (with NAME of family) - device, motto
• 47B13 handicrafts ~ stone
• 47D8(CHISEL) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chisel
• 47D8(HAMMER) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer
• 48C3523(+622) carving ~ applied arts (+ marble ~ arts)
• 49L8 inscription
• 57BB22(+4) Insult; 'Ingiuria', 'Offesa' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(SCRIBIT IN MARMORE LAESUS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SCRIBIT IN MARMORE LAESUS)
• 86(TROIA MIHI LICET TAMEN) proverbs, sayings, etc. (TROIA MIHI LICET TAMEN)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem195
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem195
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667