Link to an image of this page [B2r]
MUTUUM AUXILIUM.
Mutual help
Link to an image of this page [B2v]
Loripedem sublatum humeris fert lumine captus
Et socii haec oculis munera retribuit
Quo caret alteruter, concors sic praestat uterque,
Mutuat hic oculos, mutuat ille pedes.[1]
A man deprived of sight carries on his shoulders one with deformed feet and offers this service in return for the use of his companion’s eyes. So each of them by mutual consent supplies what the other lacks. One borrows eyes, the other feet.
Notes:
1. This is based on Anthologia graeca 9.12.
Related Emblems
Hide related emblems- Declaracion magistral sobre las Emblemas de Andres Alciato (1615), Najera: MUTUUM AUXILIUM. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1621), Padua: Mutuum auxilium. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (6th April, 1531), Augsburg: MUTUUM AUXILIUM. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (1534), Augsburg: MUTUUM AUXILIUM. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libellus (1534), Paris: Mutuum auxilium. | Open in other pane
- Les Emblemes (1539), Paris: Mutuum auxilium. Confort mutuel. | Open in other pane
- Les Emblemes (1542), Paris: Mutuum auxilium. Confort mutuel. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libellus (1542), Paris: Mutuum auxilium. Hilff umb hilff. | Open in other pane
- Los Emblemas (1549), Lyon: Que los hombres sean de favoreçer unos à otros. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1550), Lyon: Mutuum auxilium. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1551), Lyon: Mutuum auxilium. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Mutuum auxilium. | Open in other pane
- Toutes les emblemes (1558), Lyon: Mutuel ayde. | Open in other pane
- Liber emblematum ... Kunstbuch (1567), Franckfurt am Main: Mutuum auxilium. Doppelte Hülff. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Mutuum auxilium. | Open in other pane
- Diverse imprese (1551), Lyon: Scambievole aiuto. | Open in other pane
- Livret des emblemes (1536), Paris: Mutuum auxilium. Confort mutuel. | Open in other pane
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: Mutuel ayde. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Mutuum auxilium. Ayde ou confort mutuel. | Open in other pane
- Les emblemes (1615), Geneva/Cologny: Aide & secours mutuel. | Open in other pane
Hint: You can set whether related emblems are displayed by default on the preferences page
Iconclass Keywords
Relating to the image:
- leaning forward [31A2321] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head bent forward; bowing [31A244] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ holding something) [31A2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards [31A2515] Search | Browse Iconclass
- gripping someone by the shoulder [31A2545] Search | Browse Iconclass
- index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ indicating, pointing at) [31A25552(+931)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- walking [31A2711] Search | Browse Iconclass
- blindfold [31A3191] Search | Browse Iconclass
- blind, blindness [31A4111] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crippled [31A415] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crutches [31A4153] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coat, cape [41D212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- walking-stick, staff [41D263] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bag [41D268] Search | Browse Iconclass
- 'en route', traveller under way [46C513] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- 'Ajuto', 'Soccorso' (Ripa) [33A610] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Necessity of Mutual Co-operation [54E11] Search | Browse Iconclass
Hint: You can turn translations and name underlining on or off using the preferences page.
