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Ilex.
The holm-oak
Duritie nimia[1] quòd sese rumperet ilex,
Symbola civilis seditionis habet.
Because the holm-oak splits spontaneously through excessive inflexibility, it provides symbols for civic discord.
Notes:
1. Duritie nimia, ‘excessive inflexibility’. Cf. Pliny, Natural History, 16.73.186 (tota ossea est ilex, ‘the holm-oak is entirely bone-like’).
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- trees: holm-oak (+ bearing fruit) [25G3(HOLM-OAK)(+34)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees: holm-oak (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(HOLM-OAK)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- 'Seditio'; 'Rebellione', 'Seditione civile' (Ripa) [44F0] Search | Browse Iconclass
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