Un Renard qui écoute sur une Riviere glacée
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- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web], p/no. 43/7
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A fox is trying to hear whether the water is flowing under the ice- ice ~ state of water [21D2]
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox (+ animal psychology) [25F23(FOX)(+47)]
- river [25H213]
- ice ~ freezing weather [26D4]
- Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A2(+4)]
- Trust (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56D2(+4)]
- Distrust, Suspicion; 'Sospitione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56DD2(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(FIDE, DIFFIDE)]