Un Lion qui se voit dans un Miroir

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Sources and parallels
- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web]
, p/no. 10/10
- Saavedra Fajardo, Principe [1655]
, embl. 33
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A lion sees himself twice in a broken mirror- beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ animal behaviour)
[25F23(LION)(+4)]
- mirror (+ expressive connotations)
[31A511:41A7(+9)]
- looking in the mirror; contemplation of own beauty (+ variant)
[31A5111(+0)]
- virtues of the ruler
[44B10]
- Constancy, Tenacity; 'Costanza', 'Tenacité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[53A21(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(SEMPER IDEM)]