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

Emblem 246

A man is cutting a tree with an axe: without the man, the axe would be capable of nothing

Soli Deo gloriaLatin

Glory to God alone

To M. Howite Preacher

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11A1 God the Creator
25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
25G3(+371) trees (+ dead, withered plant)
25H112 rocks
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape
47D8(AXE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: axe
47I84 woodcutting, woodcutter ~ forestry
54A7(+4) Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosità dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
59B31(+4) Honour, Glory; 'Ampiezza della Gloria', 'Gloria', 'Gloria de prencipi', 'Gloria & Honore', 'Honore', 'Sublimatà della Gloria' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
61B2(HOWITE,...)3 historical person (HOWITE,...) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (HOWITE,...)
86(SOLI DEO GLORIA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SOLI DEO GLORIA)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem246
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem246
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667