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

Emblem 198

Antique coin with Orpheus playing to the animals

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem263

Iconclass

• 25D12 kinds of non-precious stone
• 25F22 monkeys, apes
• 25F23(BEAR) beasts of prey, predatory animals: bear
• 25F23(LION) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion
• 25F23(TIGER) beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger
• 25F23(WOLF)(+45) beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf (+ animals eating and drinking)
• 25F24(STAG) hoofed animals: stag
• 25F3(...)
• 25F37(CRANE)(+1) shore-birds and wading-birds: crane (+ animals used symbolically)
• 31A222(+89) chest, bust (+ nude human being)
• 31A2352 sitting on an elevation
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 41D91 man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 46C13141 horse
• 47I21111 ox
• 47I214 goat
• 48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery
• 48C7522 one person playing string instrument (plucked)
• 49D48 sphere, globe ~ stereometry
• 61B2(BULL, Stephen)3 historical person (BULL, Stephen) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (BULL, Stephen)
• 86(ORPHEI MUSICA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (ORPHEI MUSICA)
• 94O511 Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem198
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem198
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667