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Silence.
Fol se taisant, ne differe du sage:
De la follie est tesmoing le langage,
Doncq’ par le doigt la bouche close, & mue
En Harpocras Egyptien se mue.[1]
La parolle donne à cognoistre
la sagesse, ou la follie de l’hom-
me.
1. Harpocrates, also known as Horus, was the son of the Egyptian divinity Isis. He avenged the murder of his father Osiris by Set/Typhon. He is often represented as an infant with his finger held to his mouth as a sign of silence and economy of words. See Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride 68.
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- armchair, seat [41A7212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- book [49M32] Search | Browse Iconclass
- book - MM - book open [49MM32] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clock [23U24] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coat, cape (+ men's clothes) [41D212(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cover for table, etc. [41A713] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cushion [41A7221] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- hand(s) towards the mouth [31A2536] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Harpocrates [96A33] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear (+ men's clothes) [41D221(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- open door [41A3211] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Ignorance; 'Ignoranza', 'Ignoranza di tutte le cose', 'Ignoranza in un ricco senza lettere' (Ripa) [52AA5] Search | Browse Iconclass
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