Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: Fortune Is the Companion of Virtue

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciato (1492 – 1550 CE) features the caduceus rising up between the cornucopias of Amalthea, the deity who secretly nursed the infant Zeus in Crete. The former is often associated with writing and eloquence; the latter symbolizes abundance. The subscriptio interprets this arrangement to mean that persons of powerful mind are favored with abundance.

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