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

Emblem 240

A man is carrying the world on his shoulder; the Tables of the Law behind him on the ground

Nemo potest duobus dominis servireLatin

No one can serve two masters

To M. Knewstub Preacher

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11L211 the ten commandments represented together on stone tablets
11S0 personification of heaven: Caelus; 'Cielo' (Ripa)
25A13 globe
25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
25H11 mountains
25H213 river
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
31A2711 walking
31A2747 drawing, pulling something
31AA2511(+933) arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
31D14 adult man
46A2410
46C1215 carrying something on the head or on the shoulders
46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
47D8(ROPE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope
55B1(+4) Wealth, Opulence; 'Opulenza', 'Richezza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
73C7422 'you cannot serve God and mammon' ~ doctrine of Christ on possessions (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13)
61B2(KNEWSTUB, John)3 historical person (KNEWSTUB, John) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (KNEWSTUB, John)
86(NEMO POTEST DUOBUS DOMINIS SERVIRE) proverbs, sayings, etc. (NEMO POTEST DUOBUS DOMINIS SERVIRE)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem240
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem240
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667