Identifier: iconologiaormora00ripa (find matches)
Title: Iconologia, or, Moral emblems
Year: 1709 (1700s)
Authors: Ripa, Cesare, fl. 1600 Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717 Fuller, Isaac, 1606-1672, ill
Subjects: Emblems Emblem books --Great Britain --18th century.
Publisher: London : Printed by Benj. Motte
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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htning, that we are fubjedt, befides, to Danger from Heaven. Fig. 241. Pertinacia: STMSBO^^NHSS. A Woman all in black; a great deal of Ivy growing about her Habit;Tind a Leaden Cap. The Black denote > Firwmjs and Ignorance, from whence proceedsStuhkormfs. The Lead denotes Ignorance, and Unrvieldinefs, the Motherof the fame. The Ivy denotes that Opinionativenefs of obftinate Men,has the fame Effed upon them as the Ivy has, which makes the Wall toi/rr^and tumhle downy where it takes Root. Fig. 242. Perfuadone : VE^SUASIOK. A phanraftical Woman ; a Tongue faQnd to her Head Attire, with anEye over it; (lie fccms whimfical; and is tied round with Cords, with anAnimal with three Heads. ^ The Tongue denotes its being the Tnftrument of Perfuajiom the EyeExeraf: ^ndArt, contributing to Pcrdiafion: the Cords, Force of Eloquence,binding up the Will. The Animals fignific three Things ; to inftnuate, bythe fawning Dog; Docility by the Ape; Attention, by the Cat, which isdiligent. ■iijjj:^^^^.
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