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

Emblem 227

A dog barking at the moon

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem164

Iconclass

• 11A23 God's perfections
• 23R14 night
• 24B21 full moon represented as face
• 24D stars
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H1124 boulder, stone
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 26A clouds
• 31B70
• 31B80
• 34B11(+939):31B6211 ?❧looking upwards
• 34B11(+949) dog (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.)
• 34B11(+9491) dog (+ silent means of communication of animal(s): wagging of tail etc.)
• 54BB3(+4) Inutility, Noxiousness; 'Nocumento', 'Nocumento d'ogni cosa' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54E4(+4) Defence (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 56E3(+4) Fury; 'Furore', 'Furore implacabile', 'Furore & Rabbia', 'Furore superbo & Indomito' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(LIPSIUS, Justus)3 historical person (LIPSIUS, Justus) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (LIPSIUS, Justus)
• 86(INANIS IMPETUS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INANIS IMPETUS)
• 92C371 Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem227
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem227
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667