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Samson tenant une Tê d’un Lion environnée d’Abeilles
Translations
Literature
Sources and parallels
- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web]
, p/no. 40/15
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A swarm of bees over the head of lion held by Samson- Samson (not in biblical context); possible attributes: broken pillar, club, jawbone, lion's head, lion's pelt
[11I62(SAMSON)]
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ head of an animal)
[25F23(LION)(+33)]
- insects: bee (+ flying animal(s))
[25F711(BEE)(+5262)]
- trees (+ stump, stub)
[25G3(+211)]
- sitting on an elevation
[31A2352]
- chair
[41A721]
- armour
[45C22]
- helmet
[45C221]
- swarm ~ bees
[47I243]
- Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosité dell'animo', 'Fortezza
& valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54A7(+4)]
- Friendliness, Gentleness, Affability; 'Affabilité, piacevolezza, amabilité', 'Animo piacevole, trattabile & amorevole', 'Benignité'
(Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[57A77(+4)]
- Samson finds a swarm of bees in the lion's body (+ variant)
[71F3271(+0)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(DE FORTI DULCEDO)]