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

Emblem 205

A man is helping a fallen man to his feet

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sym1574_emblem035

Iconclass

• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 31A2351 sitting on the ground
• 31A2512(+934) arm stretched forward (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A2515 arm held downwards
• 31A2515(+933) arm held downwards (+ holding something)
• 31A2543 gripping someone by the hand or the wrist; clasped hands
• 31A26113(+53) sitting or lying with both legs straight, side by side (+ sitting)
• 31A2711 walking
• 31A534 beard
• 31B6211 looking upwards
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D14(+72) adult man (+ two persons)
• 33A610 'Ajuto', 'Soccorso' (Ripa)
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
• 41D2332(+81) shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes)
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
• 46A122(...)3 armorial bearing, heraldry (with NAME of family) - device, motto
• 46A15 the poor
• 46A16 the rich
• 46A21 contrast between rich and poor
• 46A212:51M12(+4) giving alms or other charity, e.g.: handing out food❧Haste (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54A6(+4) Helpfulness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54AA7(+4) Weakness, Powerlessness, Helplessness; 'Infermità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57B11(+4) Rewarding Goodness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(BIS DAT QUI TEMPESTIVE DONAT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (BIS DAT QUI TEMPESTIVE DONAT)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem205
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem205
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667