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Buxus.
The box-tree
EMBLEMA CCVIII.
Perpetuo viridis, crispoque cacumine Buxus,
Unde est disparibus fistula facta modis.[1]
Deliciis apta est teneris, & amantibus arbor:
Pallor inest illi, pallet & omnis amans.[2]
The box-tree is evergreen, with crinkly shoots. From it was made the pipe with its variously pitched notes. It is a tree appropriate to tender delights and to lovers. Box-wood is pale and so is every lover.
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- shrubs: box (+ plants used symbolically) [25G31(BOX)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries (with NAME) [47D8(WINDLASS)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- flute, aulos, tibia [48C7351] Search | Browse Iconclass
- panpipes [48C7353] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- lovers; courting, flirting [33C2] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B1(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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