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

Emblem 217

The hand of God is holding the reins attached to a ship that is placed on a globe; sun, moon and stars

Facsimile

Iconclass

• 11A23 God's perfections
• 11C12 hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father
• 24A6 sun represented as face, wheel, etc.
• 24B3 waning moon, i.e. facing this way (
• 24D stars
• 25A13 globe
• 26A clouds
• 31A2245(+933) hand (+ holding something)
• 31A2747 drawing, pulling something
• 31A2763(+0) floating in the air (+ variant)
• 46A122(DRAKE, Francis)3 armorial bearing, heraldry (DRAKE, Francis) - device, motto
• 46C131613(+0) reins (+ variant)
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 46C5430(+42)
• 47D8(ROPE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope
• 49I10
• 54A6(+4) Helpfulness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61A(1577.11.15-1578.09.26) historical events and situations (1577.11.15-1578.09.26)
• 61B2(DRAKE, Francis) historical person (DRAKE, Francis)
• 61B2(DRAKE, Richard)3 historical person (DRAKE, Richard) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (DRAKE, Richard)
• 86(AUXILIO DIVINO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (AUXILIO DIVINO)
• 95A(JASON) (story of) Jason

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem217
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem217
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667