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EMBLEMA CCV [=201] .

Quercus.

The Oak

Grata Iovi est Quercus, qui nos servatque fovetque,
Servanti civem querna corona datur.[1]

The oak is pleasing to Jove who preserves and cherishes us. A crown of oak is given to one who preserves a fellow-citizen.

Das CCV [=201] .

Eychbaum.

Die Eych ist dem Gott Jovi gut
Der uns erhalten, ehrnern thut
Sehr angenem, damit man krönt
Die erhalten die Bürger thündt.

EMBLEMA CCVI [=201 second part] .

Aliud.

Other

Glande aluit veteres,[2] sola nunc proficit umbra,
Sic quoque sic arbos officiosa Iovis.

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.

Das CCVI [=201 second part] .

Ein anderß.

Die Eichel war der alten speiß
Jetzt braucht mans nur zum schatten leiß
Also ist dieser Baum dienstbar
Dem grossen Gott Jovi fürwar.

Notes:

1. ‘a crown of oak’, awarded for saving the life of a fellow-soldier; see Pliny, Natural History, 16.3.7.

2. For the ancient belief that early man fed on acorns see e.g. Lucretius, De Rerum natura, 5.939; Vergil, Georgics, 1.7; Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.106.

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fruits: acorn [25G21(ACORN)] Search | Browse Iconclass
trees: oak (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(OAK)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
trees: oak (+ bearing fruit) [25G3(OAK)(+34)] Search | Browse Iconclass
wreath, garland ~ festive activities [43A(+12)] Search | Browse Iconclass
Utility, Usefulness; 'UtilitÃ ' (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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