Link to an image of this page [C2v f18v]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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- Emblemata (1621), Padua: Quercus. | Open in other pane
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- Emblemata (1550), Lyon: Quercus. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1551), Lyon: Quercus. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Quercus. | Open in other pane
- Toutes les emblemes (1558), Lyon: Le Chesne. | Open in other pane
- Liber emblematum ... Kunstbuch (1567), Franckfurt am Main: Quercus. Eychbaum. Aliud. Ein anderß. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Quercus. | Open in other pane
- Diverse imprese (1551), Lyon: QUERCIA. | Open in other pane
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: Le Chesne. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Quercus. Le Chesne. | Open in other pane
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- groups of plants (herbs) [25G13] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees: oak (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(OAK)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- low hill country [25H114] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clouds [26A] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- fruits: acorn [25G21(ACORN)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees: oak (+ bearing fruit) [25G3(OAK)(+34)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- 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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