Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)
Emblem 248
A skull and a bone lying on the ground in front of a bush
Ex maximo minimumLatin
The least from the greatest
- Interpretation (German)
- Vergänglichkeit des Menschen
Facsimile
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Notes and related emblems
- Compare: Ane.55
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)11R71skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'25G4(+32)plants and herbs (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)31A211(human) skull31A216bones in general (human body)31F11death's head, skull (symbol of Death)86(EX MAXIMO MINIMUM)proverbs, sayings, etc. (EX MAXIMO MINIMUM)
Sources
Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem248
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem248
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667