Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: Those Who Contemplate Lofty Things Fall

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciati (1492 – 1550 CE) features a fowler aiming his loaded bow at a bird flying overhead, while a viper bites his leg. The subscriptio treats of this scene as representative of the fate of those who set their minds on lofty things and become ignorant of their fate lying close at hand.

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