The English emblem tradition. 5, Henry Peacham's manuscript emblem books / edited by Alan R. Young with the assistance of Beert Verstraete.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Alan R., 1941- Author.

Contributor:

Young, Alan R., 1941- editor.

Verstraete, Beert C., editor.

Series:

Index emblematicus.

Index Emblematicus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--Indexes.

English poetry.

Emblems--England--Poetry--Indexes.

Emblems.

England.

Genre:

Indexes.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 332 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The emblem was one of the most distinctive of Renaissance art forms, lending itself to the concrete manifestation of the deeply-rooted Renaissance belief in the interrelationship between painting and poetry. Emblems, typically consisting of a combination of motto, picture, and poem, had a didactic as well as illustrative function, and were used to expound an ethical or moral truth.Henry Peacham's Manuscript Emblem Books is a collection of four emblem manuscripts by the noted seventeenth-century humanist scholar, Henry Peacham. The volume includes three books based on King James I's Basilicon Doron, and a fourth emblem book entitled Emblemata varia. The story of their genesis, composition, and dedications to King James and his eldest son, Prince Henry, offers some fascinating insights into the attempts by Peacham to obtain royal patronage.In keeping with previous volumes in the Index Emblematicus series, the text and picture of each emblem is presented and accompanied by on-page translation and analysis.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: Henry Peacham's Manuscript Emblem Books

Bodleian Library: MS Rawlinson, Poetry 146

British Library: MS Harleian 6855, Art 13

British Library: MS Royal 12A LXVI

Folger Shakespeare Library: MS V.b.45

TRANSCRIPTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF TITLE-PAGES AND DEDICATORY EPISTLES

Picture Index

Index of Pictures (Proper Names)

Index of Pictures (Inscriptions)

Index of Latin Mottoes

Index of Latin Mottoes (Proper Names)

Index of French Mottoes

Index of Italian Mottoes

Index of Greek Mottoes

Index of Greek Mottoes (Proper Names)

Index of Motto Translations

Index of Motto Translations (Proper Names)

Alphabetical List of Latin Mottoes (With Translations)

Alphabetical List of French Mottoes (With Translations)

Alphabetical List of Italian Mottoes (With Translations)

Alphabetical List of Greek Mottoes (With Translations)

Epigram Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 26, 2016).

ISBN:

1-282-00949-4

9786612009495

1-4426-8119-5

OCLC:

944177484