Un Faucon qui lâche un Moineau qu’il avoit pris
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Sources and parallels
- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web], p/no. 41/13
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A falcon releasing the sparrow he had caught- predatory birds: falcon [25F33(FALCON)]
- trees [25G3]
- song-birds: sparrow (+ flying animal(s)) [25F32(SPARROW)(+5262)]
- Inclination; 'Inclinatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [53B41(+4)]
- Virtuousness; 'Amor di Virtù', 'Attione virtuosa', 'Guida sicura de' veri honori', 'Virtù', 'Virtù insuperabile' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A6(+4)]
- Honour, Glory; 'Ampiezza della Gloria', 'Gloria', 'Gloria de prencipi', 'Gloria & Honore', 'Honore', 'Sublimaté della Gloria' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [59B31(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(FIDEM SERVABO GENUSQUE)]