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

Emblem 204

A monkey has climbed in a tree which makes his foolishness stand out all the more clearly

Stultorum quanto status sublimior, tanto manifestior turpitudoLatin

The higher the status of fools, the more manifest is their baseness

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25F22(+39)
25F22(+55) monkeys, apes (+ postures of forelegs, forepaws, claws of animal(s))
25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
25H11 mountains
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape
31A234 squatting, crouching figure
31A247 looking over the shoulder
31A2511(+931) arm raised upward (+ indicating, pointing at)
31A2513 arm stretched sidewards
31A2516 arm or hand held in front of the body
31A534 beard
31B6211 looking upwards
31B90
31D14(+79) adult man (+ more than eight persons)
41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
43B411 climbing up a tree
52AA51(+4) Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
59B2(+4) Advancement, Promotion (+ emblematical representation of concept)
86(STULTORUM QUANTO STATUS SUBLIMIOR, TANTO MANIFESTIOR TURPITUDO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (STULTORUM QUANTO STATUS SUBLIMIOR, TANTO MANIFESTIOR TURPITUDO)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem204
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem204
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667