Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)
Emblem 234
Like a lover a shadow flees when it is pursued and follows us when we run away
Mulier umbra viriLatin
A woman is the shadow of her husband
- Interpretation (German)
- Weibliche Liebe flieht den Verfolger folgt dem Fliehenden
Facsimile
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Notes and related emblems
- The motto translates as "A woman is like a shadow to a man" - "husband" doesn't seem correct
- Compare: Ane.58a
Iconclass
24A6sun represented as face, wheel, etc.25G3(+21)trees (+ stem, trunk)25G3(+351)trees (+ bare plant)25H113(high) hill31A247looking over the shoulder31A2511arm raised upward31A2512arm stretched forward31A27112running31A28man and his shadow31A282man following his shadow31D14(+72)adult man (+ two persons)33B9flight, running away; pursuing33C2033C320:33C311033C3140:33CC32041D211(+81)dress, gown (+ men's clothes)41D233(+81)gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)86(MULIER UMBRA VIRI)proverbs, sayings, etc. (MULIER UMBRA VIRI)
Sources
Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem234
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem234
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667