Of the bitterness, sweetness, by Covarrubias Horozco (1610)

Of the bitterness, sweetness, by Covarrubias Horozco (1610)

The emblem represents a skull that rests on an altar. Numerous bees appear surrounding the skull, and honeycombs appear in the foreground.

Gender perspective: Death as a contradictory category of bitterness and sweetness. It is presented a place of resting from sin and the conquest of glory, nearly in feminine terms.

Covarrubias Horozco, Sebastián (1539–1613)

Emblem 7, book 1. Emblemas morales de Don Sebastián de Covarrubias Orozco, Capellan del Rey N. S. Maestrescuela, y Canonigo de Cuenca, Consultor del santo Oficio. ("Moral emblems of Mr. Sebastián de Covarrubias Orozco, Chaplain of N. S. Maestrescuela King, and Canon of Cuenca, Consultant of the Holy Office") by Covarrubias Horozco. Luis Sánchez (editor and publisher), Madrid (1610).

Found in Digital Library of Hispanic Emblems (Biblioteca Digital de Emblemática Hispánica):
https://www.bidiso.es/EmblematicaHispanica/FindConditionalDigitizedEmblemPage.do?action=Open&startIndex=1&count=3&first=1&author=Todos+los+autores&briefTitle=Todas+las+obras&startIndexEmblem=1&startIndexPage=1&mote=&moteCondition=Algunas&images=Calavera%2fHumano%2fPartes+del+Cuerpo&imageCondition=&versesType=&strophe=&language=&keyCondition=Algunas&keys=&authorityCondition=Algunas&authorities=&nameCondition=Algunas&names

1610

Emblem.
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