September 10, 2004
If you eye wel and marke these silent poesies, give eare to these speaking pictures.
An emblem book contains images and text. An emblem creates dialogue or tension between image and word. Frequently allegorical in theme, emblems were designed to engage, challenge, and instruct the audience.
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Here is a nice collection of Dutch emblems, with emblematic monkey goodness.
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I thought this book was this book, only illustrated, but no. Nice linky!
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Illustrations from the Aurora Consurgens; other alchemical texts.
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Fascinating texts, and some have most handsome illustrations. Thanks, islander, I was not familiar with emblem books before.
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Ah, I had meant to link to these alchemical emblems, but got confused.
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PF, those are beautiful. I wish the images were a bit larger, just to admire them more.