
NATURE.
La vertu de Nature.
Pan (C’est Nature) on honnore en tout lieu
Demy-bouc homme, & homme demy-Dieu:
Des le nombril au dessus, il est homme,
Du coeur au chef. Car raison monte en somme. Link to an image of this page [H4r p119]Bouc au dessoubz: Car Nature aeternelle
Tous animaulx faict par couple charnelle,
Et commune est à tous brutz celle arsure,
Or est le bouc enseigne de Luxure.
Au chief, & coeur, Prudence tient maison,
Mais au dessoubz n’est moyen ne raison.
Tres bel Embleme, donnant à entendre
l’homme estre de diverses natures, se-
lon ses diverses parties superieures, &
inferieures, C’est à savoir divine &
raisonnable: & humaine au dessus. Be-
stiale, & diabolicque au dessoubz: Et
pource l’homme estre en Nature tout.
que les Grecz dient Pan. Et le figu-
rent demy homme, & demy bouc.
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- 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa) [20] Search | Browse Iconclass
- (story of) Pan [92L5] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ being frightened) [31AA2511(+925)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something) [31AA2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- belt, girdle, waistband (+ other materials used for clothes) [41D2656(+45)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- boulder, stone [25H1124] Search | Browse Iconclass
- festivities (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities) [43A(+12)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- flight, running away; pursuing [33B9] Search | Browse Iconclass
- goat (+ antlers; horn) [47I214(+9332)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- goat (+ limbs of an animal) [47I214(+934)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of plants (herbs) [25G13] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of trees [25G11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head bent backwards - AA - female human figure [31AA243] Search | Browse Iconclass
- horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba - CC - out of doors (+ performing ~ music) [48CC7352(+372)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- monsters ~ domestic animals [31A4521] Search | Browse Iconclass
- monsters ~ domestic animals - AA - female human figure [31AA4521] Search | Browse Iconclass
- one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors [48CC7525] Search | Browse Iconclass
- prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city [25I12] Search | Browse Iconclass
- running [31A27112] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse [33C4] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Instinct, Natural Disposition; 'Instinto naturale' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [58B6(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Licentiousness, Lasciviousness; 'Lascivia', 'Licenza' (Ripa) [57AA51] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues [11M41] Search | Browse Iconclass
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