Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)
Emblem 200
A monkey smothering its young
Caecus amor prolisLatin
Love of one's offspring is blind
- Interpretation
- Ape and darling whelp (Blind love for one's children)
- Interpretation (German)
- Übermäßige Elternliebe
Facsimile
The text of this emblem has not yet been transcribed.
Notes and related emblems
- Related emblem in another book: embmne_pad1615_emblem156
Iconclass
25F22(+21)monkeys, apes (+ young animal)25F22(+23)monkeys, apes (+ female animal)25F22(+5245)monkeys, apes (+ animal(s) holding something)25F22(+535)monkeys, apes (+ sitting animal)25F22(+536)monkeys, apes (+ lying animal)25F22(+551)monkeys, apes (+ animal with forelegs raised upward)25F22(+552)monkeys, apes (+ animal with forelegs stretched foreward)25F22(+553)monkeys, apes (+ animal with forelegs stretched sidewards)25F22(+42)monkeys, apes (+ feeding and care of young)25F22(+429)monkeys, apes (+ animal killing its own breed)42B1:51H43(+4)parental love❧Redundance (+ emblematical representation of concept)52AA552(+4)Intellectual Blindness; 'Cecità della Mente' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)86(CAECUS AMOR PROLIS)proverbs, sayings, etc. (CAECUS AMOR PROLIS)
Sources
Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem200
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem200
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667