Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: The Prudent Abstain from Wine

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciato (1492 – 1550 CE) features an olive tree around which winds a grape vine. The emblem’s subscriptio makes this scene representative of the incompatibility of prudence and the imbibing of spirits, the olive tree a symbol of practicality, the grapevine a symbol of debauchery.

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