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

Emblem 244

One man is hitting another man, who is wearing a mask, on the head with a stick

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Whitney gives the motto with 'fit iniuria'; Symeoni gives 'sit iniuria'
• Compare: Par.289
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sym1574_emblem015
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_pad1615_196

Iconclass

• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 31A2512(+9223) arm stretched forward (+ attacking somebody)
• 31A2512(+9231) arm stretched forward (+ keeping off)
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2518 hand on the hip
• 31A2621 one leg in front of the other
• 31A26211(+51) one leg in front of the other, walking position (+ standing)
• 31A534 beard
• 31D14(+72) adult man (+ two persons)
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
• 41D2332(+81) shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes)
• 41D263 walking-stick, staff, cane
• 41D283 mask
• 54BB31(+4) Damage, Disservice; 'Danno' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 56F23(+4):57AA61(+4) Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧Dishonesty, Falsety (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57AA611(+4) Dissimulation, Hypocrisy; 'Hippocresia', 'Simulatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57BB12(+4) Correction; 'Correttione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(AMICO FICTO NULLA FIT INIURIA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (AMICO FICTO NULLA FIT INIURIA)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem244
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem244
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667