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![The frontispiece, or first illustrated page, contains a short introductory text surrounded by multiple scenes from the myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes. These include the Garden of the Hesperides, which includes Aegle, Arethusa, a many-headed dragon, understood as Ladon, and Hespertusa; Hercules stealing apples; Venus giving apples to Hippomenes; the race between Hippomenes and Atalanta; the consummation of their love; and their transformation into lions.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem00.320.jpg)
Title page
![A bearded nude man, identified as Boreas, with wind gusts extending from his head and arms has a fetus inside his stomach. He is standing amongst bushes with a river and cityscape in the background.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem01.320.jpg)
![A woman with Earth as her torso, understood as Mother Earth, is nursing a baby, understood as the philosophical child. At the woman’s feet is a wolf nursing two babies identified as Romulus and Remus. A goat identified as Jove is also nursing a baby.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem02.320.jpg)
Emblem 2
![A woman in early modern clothing is pouring water into a large steaming tub. At the bottom of the tub water flows from a spigot to a smaller tub. To the left, a brick firepit with faggots produces smoke.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem03.320.jpg)
![A man and woman in classical clothing are embracing next to a standing bearded man in classical clothing who is proffering a cup to the couple.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem04.320.jpg)
![A bearded man in classical clothing is foisting a toad towards a woman’s breast to nurse. In the background of the courtyard, two men and a dog are walking away.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem05.320.jpg)
![A beardless man in early modern clothing is sowing gold coins from a bowl into a plowed field.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem06.320.jpg)
![Two chickens prepare to fly from a nest on top of a rocky crag. Behind the rocky crag there is a river flowing between two cityscapes connected by a bridge.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem07.320.jpg)
![A bearded man in classical clothing holds a sword with one hand and is looking at an egg on a low table. He is in a courtyard with a door to his right, a fire with smoke in front of him, and a passageway behind him.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem08.320.jpg)
![An elderly bearded man is sitting in a temple that contains a fruit tree. He is framed by an arch and is seen picking and eating apples from the tree.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem09.320.jpg)
![A bearded man holds a lit faggot above a smoky fire set on a hearth. A man in classical clothing, identified as Hermes, is walking past the man towards a sitting man in classical clothing, also identified as Hermes.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem10.320.jpg)
![A woman in classical clothing, identified as Latona, is seated with two children standing at her feet. One, identified as Sol, has a sun face; and the other, identified as Diana, has a crescent moon on her head. A bearded man in classical clothing is washing the woman’s neck while another man is tearing a book.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem11.320.jpg)
![A bearded man in classical clothing, identified as Saturn, flies over a rocky crag while holding a scythe and vomiting up a stone. A path winds down the crag, passes through an arch, and forks at the base. One branch of the path leads to a church with a cross on the roof.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem12.320.jpg)
![A nude leprous man, identified as Naaman, is sitting on a bank and washing in the river. Behind him is a cityscape with a bridge.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem13.320.jpg)
![A bearded man in early modern clothing is sitting at a pottery wheel turning a pot. He is sitting on a chair in a house with various bowls and pitchers on the floor and shelves.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem15.320.jpg)
Emblem 15
![In the middle of a river four spheres containing fire are stacked vertically. Boats, houses, and trees frame the scene.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem17.320.jpg)
![A man in early modern clothing wearing a hat is heating a fire in a hearth with a rod. Next to him is a bowl full of gold coins on a stump and a dog. There is a man in a background courtyard.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem18.320.jpg)
![Four bearded nude men are attacking a man with a club by throwing either fire, wind, water, or earth. Behind them is a river and a cityscape.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem19.320.jpg)
![A figure in armor with a shield and sword is shielding a fleeing nude woman from a large fire with smoke.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem20.320.jpg)
![A bearded man in eastern clothing, represented as Hermes Trismegistus, is holding a compass and pointing to a brick wall with a t-square and quadrant at his feet. On the brick wall there is a drawing of a nude man and woman inside a circle inside a square inside a triangle inside a circle.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem21.320.jpg)
Emblem 21
![A woman in early modern clothing wearing a chatelaine is standing next to a hearth with bellows, a fire with faggots, and pots. One of the pots is suspended from a chain and hangs over the fire. On the floor there are two fish in a bowl and a cat.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem22.320.jpg)
![A bearded man in classical clothing is holding an axe next to a reclining partially nude bearded man, identified as Jove. A nude woman, identified as Pallus, springs from his head. An eagle sits nearby. In the background at right, Pallus is embraced by a man with sun rays on his head, identified as Sol, and a winged youth, understood to be Cupid, watches over them as it rains gold.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem23.320.jpg)
![In the foreground a wolf is eating a dying man in classical clothing wearing a crown who is lying on the ground. In the background a wolf is burning in a fire while a man in classical clothing is walking away.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem24.320.jpg)
![In the foreground a man with a sun on his head, identified as Sol, and a woman with a crescent moon on her head, identified as Luna, are holding clubs and attacking a dragon with wings. Behind them Sol and Luna, are holding bows and arrows and running toward a dragon with wings.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem25.320.jpg)
Emblem 25
![A woman in classical clothing wearing a crown, understood as Wisdom, is standing in a path and holding a banderole in each hand. The Latin inscription on one banderole reads, “Length of days and health” and on the other, “Glory and endless wealth”. Beside her is a blooming tree and behind her is a house and river.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem26.320.jpg)
Emblem 26
![A beardless man in classical clothing is standing ankle deep in water and looking with crossed arms at a door with multiple locks that leads into a manicured garden. Behind him on a hill five gods and four goddesses are sitting and holding their symbols.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem27.320.jpg)
![A bearded nude man wearing a crown is sitting in a vapor bath on a porch with columns.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem28.320.jpg)
![A salamander with stars in a line down his back and large claws is engulfed in fire and smoke.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem29.320.jpg)
Emblem 29
![A nude man with a sun for a head, identified as Sol, is standing next to a nude woman with a moon for a head, identified as Luna. She is pointing to the two chickens that are at their feet. Behind them are boats on a river.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem30.320.jpg)
![A bearded man wearing a crown is swimming in a lake. There is a cityscape and boats behind him.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem31.320.jpg)
Emblem 31
![A man in early modern clothing is trawling for coral with a hook in a bog. There is a dock, small house, and bridge behind him. In the sky a face in a cloud, understood as a wind god, is blowing wind.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem32.320.jpg)
![A nude man with a sun for a head, identified as Sol, is embracing a nude woman with a moon for a head, identified as Luna in a lake in a cave. To the left of them a nude man is running out of the lake and a nude Luna is giving birth in the clouds.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem34.320.jpg)
![A woman in classical clothing, identified as Ceres, is sitting by wheat and holding a baby. In the middle ground there is discarded armor and a woman is dragging a dying nude man towards a fire. In the background an elderly nude bearded man looks on and a woman flees.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem35.320.jpg)
![Two men in early modern clothing are walking on a path through a town with another man walking ahead of them and another one riding a horse. There is a river, church, and town in the background. There are three cubes floating in the air, five cubes behind the two men, and four cubes in the river.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem36.320.jpg)
![A bearded lion wearing a laurel wreath is standing in a steamy bog. Behind him is a volcano emitting smoke and a house on a hill.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem37.320.jpg)
![A man in classical clothing, identified as Mercury, is embracing a woman in classical clothing, identified as Venus, while a nude child, understood as Cupid, sits next to them. Above them is a hermaphrodite standing astride two mountains.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem38.320.jpg)
Emblem 38
![A male baby, a bearded man in classical clothing, and an elderly bearded man with a staff, all identified as Oedipus, are grouped together. Each figure has a shape inscribed on his forehead. Behind this group, scenes from the Oedipus myth are enacted by a sphinx and by a man and woman wearing crowns.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem39.320.jpg)
![A crowd of people drink water from the basins of two fountains. At left a statue of a nude male spews water. At the right a statue of a nude female spews water. In the background there is a temple and cityscape.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem40.320.jpg)
![A man in armor, identified as Adonis, is lying on the ground dying with a pike in hand. A woman in classical clothing, identified as Venus, is running through bushes towards the man. Behind them a man in armor is looking at a fleeing boar and dog.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem41.320.jpg)
Emblem 41
![A bearded man wearing spectacles and holding a lantern and staff is following in the footprints of a woman in classical clothing holding a cornucopia and bouquet during an eclipse.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem42.320.jpg)
![A vulture is perched on a rocky crag holding a banderole in its beak. The Latin inscription on the banderole reads, “I am black, white, yellow, and red.” Below the vulture a raven is flying. Behind the rocky crag is a lake, mountains, and cityscape.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem43.320.jpg)
Emblem 43
![Inside a house, a bearded man in classical clothing wearing a crown is lying in a coffin while two men in classical clothing and a man in eastern clothing are looking on. Behind them is a woman in early modern clothing standing next to a man holding a sword and dismembering another man’s body.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem44.320.jpg)
![Planet Earth appears in the middle of a ring of stars. Above, the Sun, depicted with a face, projects rays on to Earth casting a large shadow and causing an eclipse.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem45.320.jpg)
Emblem 45
![A bearded man draped in cloth wearing a crown, understood as Jove, is holding in each hand an eagle with spread wings on a small island in the middle of a lake.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem46.320.jpg)
Emblem 46
![A wolf and dog are attacking each other. Behind them are trees, a cityscape, and a river with boats.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem47.320.jpg)
![A beardless man in classical clothing is proffering a cup to a bearded man in classical clothing wearing a crown with several other men standing behind him. Behind them a man with a crown is lying on a bier while another man is holding up a flask.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem48.320.jpg)
![A man wearing a turban is holding an ox hide. To his left stands one man in early modern clothing and another in classical clothing with a bow and arrow. To his right stands a man in classical clothing, understood as Hermes, and a man in classical clothing with a helmet and plume.](../assets/img/emblem-images_cropped/320/emblem49.320.jpg)
Emblem 49
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