A book of emblems : the emblematum liber in Latin and English / Andrea Alciati ; translated and edited by John F. Moffitt.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550, author.

Contributor:

• Moffitt, John F. (John Francis), 1940-2008, translator, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Emblems--Early works to 1800.
• Emblem books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Andrea Alciati''s Emblematum Liber was an essential work for every writer, artist and scholar in post-medieval Europe. First published in 1531, this illustrated book was a collection of emblems, each consisting of a motto or proverb, a typically enigmatic illustration, and a short explanation. Most of the emblems had symbolic and moral applications. Scholars depended on Alciati''s book to interpret contemporary art and literature, while writers and artists turned to it to invest their work with an understood didactic sense. This new edition of the Emblematum Liber includes the original Latin t

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; A Book of Emblems; Appendix:The "Suppressed" Emblem; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.
• Description based on print version record.

Contains:

• Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550. Emblematum liber. English
• Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550. Emblematum liber. Latin

ISBN:

0-7864-2706-X