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

Emblem 222

Two men at a game of chequers or chess while flames are leaking through the wall behind them

Tunc tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardeiLatin

Then your property is in danger, when the nearest wall is burning

To M. Thomas Wheteley

Interpretation (German): Rechter Handeln

Facsimile

The text of this emblem has not yet been transcribed.

Notes and related emblems

Compare: Per. Th. 59

Iconclass

21C fire (one of the four elements)
25G11 groups of trees
31A2352 sitting on an elevation
31A2512(+9324) arm stretched forward (+ warning, admonishing)
31A2512(+934) arm stretched forward (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
31A2515 arm held downwards
31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
31A25562 index finger and middle finger raised, spread out; V-sign
31A2626(+53) sitting or lying with one leg stretched forward and the other leg drawn up (+ sitting)
31D12 youth, young man, adolescent
31D16 old man
31D5 young versus old age; young and old
41A351 terrace
41A711 table
41A7211 stool
41B4 on fire, ablaze
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 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
43C521(+2) chess (+ the contest (sports, games, etc.))
43C5211 chessmen
54A1(+4) Activity (+ emblematical representation of concept)
54D2(+4) Action; 'Operatione manifesta' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
54DD51(+4) Danger; 'Pericolo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
54E43(+4) Preservation, Sustenance; 'Salvezza', 'Sostanza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
61B2(WHEATLEY, Thomas)3 historical person (WHEATLEY, Thomas) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (WHEATLEY, Thomas)
86(TUNC TUA RES AGITUR, PARIES CéM PROXIMUS ARDEI) proverbs, sayings, etc. (TUNC TUA RES AGITUR, PARIES CéM PROXIMUS ARDEI)
98B(ARCHIMEDES)41 during the siege of Syracuse Archimedes sets the ships of the enemy on fire with his mirrors
98B(ARCHIMEDES)68 death of Archimedes: the mathematician is killed by a soldier while drawing a diagram in the sand; 'Noli turbare circulos meos'

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem222
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem222
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667