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The invention of the emblem book and the transmission of knowledge, ca. 1510-1610 /

This study reexamines the invention of the emblem book and discusses the novel textual and pictorial means that applied to the task of transmitting knowledge. It offers a fresh analysis of Alciato's Emblematum liber, focusing on his poetics of the emblem, and on how he actually construed emblem...

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Main Author:	Enenkel, K. A. E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:	Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 295. Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 36.
Subjects:	Alciati, Andrea, > 1492-1550. > Emblematum liber. Camerarius, Joachim, > 1500-1574. > Symbolorum et emblematum ex animalibus quadrupedibus desumtorum centuria altera collecta a I.C. Junius, Hadrianus, > 1511-1575. > Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium. Schwarzenberg, Johann von, > 1463-1528. > Büchle Memorial. Stockhammer, Sebastian. > In D. Andreae Alciati emblemata succincta commentariola. Veen, Otto van, > 1556-1629. > Q. Horati Flacci emblemata. Alciati, Andrea, > 1492-1550. > Emblemata. Emblematum liber (Alciati, Andrea) 1500-1699 Emblem books, European > History and criticism. Emblem books, European > History > 16th century. Emblem books, European > History > 17th century. Emblems > Europe > History. Learning and scholarship > Europe > History. 06.21 history of the printed book. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. Emblem books, European. Emblem. Emblemliteratur. Emblems. Learning and scholarship. Rezeption. Wissenschaftstransfer. Europe. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

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