Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)
Emblem 232
A sheaf of hay hanging from a stick - the first Roman banner
Omnis caro foenumLatin
All flesh is hay
To M. Elcocke Preacher
- Interpretation
- Hay on pole (All flesh is grass)
- Interpretation (German)
- Vergänglichkeit
Facsimile
The text of this emblem has not yet been transcribed.
Notes and related emblems
- Related emblem in another book: embmne_pad1615_emblem158
Iconclass
11R5(personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilità humana, Fugacità delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanità (Ripa)25G(+371)plants; vegetation (+ dead, withered plant)31E33046C1213(+0)carrying something with carrying-pole (+ variant)47I1421sheaf47I17(HAY)agricultural products and by-products: hay51K2(+4)Mutability; 'Immutatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)61B2(ELCOCK, Thomas)3historical person (ELCOCK, Thomas) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (ELCOCK, Thomas)86(OMNIS CARO FOENUM)proverbs, sayings, etc. (OMNIS CARO FOENUM)
Sources
Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem232
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem232
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667