Emblem of a skeleton with a set of scales, by La Perrière (1553)

Emblem of a skeleton with a set of scales, by La Perrière (1553)

"A skeleton (Death or Libitina) stands holding an arrow in one raised hand, and in the other holds a set of scales. On the left pan are farming tools and on the right pan a crown and sceptre." (Description from Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies, http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=death&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=54&emblemid=FLPb099&bookid=FLPb)

Gender perspective: In this emblem a neutral skeleton takes the place normally attributed to a female allegoric figure, in this case justice.

de la Perrière, Guillaume (c. 1503 - c. 1565)

Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=death&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=54&emblemid=FLPb099&bookid=FLPb

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Image from the book Morosophie by La Perrière, Guillaume (1553), (1st. ed.). Printed by Macé Bonhomme in Lyons. Emblem 99.
From Glasgow University Library: SM689
http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/emblem.php?id=FLPb099

Archived in:
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1553

Emblem.
Dimensions: Unknown