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Un Papillon qui se brule à la Chandelle
Translations
Literature
Sources and parallels
- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web]
, p/no. 23/13 - Rollenhagen, Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum, bk/embl. I/40
- Rollenhagen, Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum, bk/embl. I/64
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A moth burns itself on a candle- fire (one of the four elements)
[21C]
- insects: moth (+ flying animal(s))
[25F711(MOTH)(+5262)]
- insects: moth (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal)
[25F711(MOTH)(+63)]
- leaning forward - AA - female human figure
[31AA2321]
- adult woman (+ two persons)
[31D15(+72)]
- table
[41A711]
- candle (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
[41B31(+1)]
- candlestick
[41B313]
- Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere',
'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[56B1(+4)]
- Destruction (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[58AA1(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(DAMNOSA VOLUPTAS)]