La Chasse des Corneilles
Translations
Literature
Sources and parallels
- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web], p/no. 22/5
- Saavedra Fajardo, Principe [1655], embl. 47
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A crow, used as decoy, clings to another crow while a third crow approaches- song-birds: crow (+ fighting animals; aggressive relations) [25F32(CROW)(+51)]
- song-birds: crow (+ flying animal(s)) [25F32(CROW)(+5262)]
- song-birds: crow (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal) [25F32(CROW)(+63)]
- forest, wood [25H15]
- landscape with tower or castle [25I5]
- bird hunting (+ decoy animals, e.g. decoy duck, stool pigeon ~ lures (hunting)) [43C1113(+432)]
- Helpfulness (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A6(+4)]
- Damage, Disservice; 'Danno' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54BB31(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(ET IUVISSE NOCET)]