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

Emblem 202

A man nourishes a snake in his bosom and looks down at a city under siege that has allowed houses to be built outside its city-walls

In sinu alere serpentemLatin

To nourish a snake in one's bosom

Ad doctissimum V. D. Franciscum Raphelengium in obsidione Antwerpiana periclitantem

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25F42 snakes
25H11 mountains
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
26A clouds
31A2421 head turned to the left
31A2513 arm stretched sidewards
31A25161(+933) arm or hand held in front of the chest (+ holding something)
31A26211 one leg in front of the other, walking position
31A534 beard
31D14 adult man
34F man and (wild) animal
41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
41D27(+81) drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' (+ men's clothes)
45C16(CANNON) firearms: cannon
45C41 (military) camp with tents
45D21(+21) land forces (+ infantry)
45D21(+22) land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen)
45K21 siege
45K23 bombardment ~ siege
46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
46C13181 walking (horse in motion)
54AA52(+4) Guiltiness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
58AA1(+4) Destruction (+ emblematical representation of concept)
61B2(RAPHELENGIUS, Franciscus)3 historical person (RAPHELENGIUS, Franciscus) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (RAPHELENGIUS, Franciscus)
86(IN SINU ALERE SERPENTEM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IN SINU ALERE SERPENTEM)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem202
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem202
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667