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)]