Section: ARBORES (Trees). View all emblems in this section.
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Quercus.
The Oak
Grata Iovi est quercus, qui nos servatque, fovetque.
Servanti civem querna corona datur.[1]
aliud.
Glande aluit veteres,[2] sola nunc proficit umbra,
Sic quoque sic arbos officiosa Iovis.
The oak is pleasing to Jove who preserves and cherishes us. A crown of oak is given to one who preserves a fellow-citizen.
Other.
The oak fed men of old with its acorns. Now it benefits us only with its shade. In this way too the tree of Jove does us service.
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- fruits: acorn [25G21(ACORN)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees: oak (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(OAK)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- trees: oak (+ shedding fruit) [25G3(OAK)(+341)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- wreath, garland ~ festive activities [43A(+12)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Utility, Usefulness; 'Utilità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54B3(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Rewarding Goodness (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57B11(+4):33A60] Search | Browse Iconclass
- (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) [92B1] Search | Browse Iconclass
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Le chesne.
XXXII.
Le chesne plait à Dieu, qui
nous sauve & ramene.
Qui sauve un citoyen, a couronne de chesne.[1]
Autre.
Le chesne avec son gland a nourri les anciens
Maintenant par son ombre il nous fait mille biens.[2]
Commentaires.
Ces deux distichs sont clairs d’eux
mesmes. Les
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Rommains avoyent plusieurs sortes de couronnes.
Mais à celuy qui sauvoit un citoyen ou plusieurs, on
luy bailloit une couronne de chesne. Avant que le
bled & les legumes fussent en usage, le seul gland
e-
stoit la viande & nourriture seule des humains. Cest
arbre n’a rien en soy qui ne nous soit
proffitable. Son
fruict, ses feuilles, son ombre, son bois, tout nous sert.
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