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

Emblem 218

A house with separate entrances for the rich and the poor

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem146

Iconclass

• 23A320
• 31A2422 head turned to the right
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2513 arm stretched sidewards
• 31A2711 walking
• 31A534 beard
• 33A15 laying the hand on another person's shoulder
• 33A3 visiting; receiving guests; elegant company
• 41A311 front façade
• 41A32 door
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 46A15 the poor
• 46A16 the rich
• 46A21 contrast between rich and poor
• 48A10
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 48C16(NICHE)
• 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture
• 49MM32 book - MM - book open
• 49N1 reading to somebody
• 55CC11(+4) Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(BOURCHIER, Arthur)3 historical person (BOURCHIER, Arthur) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (BOURCHIER, Arthur)
• 86(AUARITIA HUIUS SAECULI) proverbs, sayings, etc. (AUARITIA HUIUS SAECULI)
• 98B(AUGUSTUS)54 Maecenas recommends the Arts, symbolized by women, to the protection of Augustus

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem218
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem218
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667