LEADER 03615oam 2200529I 450 001 9910154981603321 005 20240505162630.0 010 $a1-351-89083-2 010 $a1-315-24003-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315240039 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758885 035 $a(OCoLC)965444210 035 $a(BIP)63378734 035 $a(BIP)44416287 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965870 100 $a20180706e20162014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe emblem in early modern Europe $econtributions to the theory of the emblem /$fPeter M. Daly, McGill University, Canada 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) $cillustrations, facsimiles 300 $aFirst published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a1-4724-3013-1 311 08$a1-351-89084-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Recent emblem theory -- 2. The importance of emblems -- 3. Truth in emblems -- 4. Emblems as transmitters of knowledge and traditions -- 5. Mnemonics and emblems -- 6. Are emblem inscriptiones always mottoes? -- 7. Is there visual rhetoric in some emblem pictures? -- 8. How were and how are emblems read? -- 9. On the interpretation of emblems -- 10. Jesuit emblems : in the service of God, man, or the Society of Jesus? 330 $aThe emblem was big business in early-modern Europe, used extensively not only in printed books and broadsheets, but also to decorate pottery, metalware, furniture, glass and windows and numerous other domestic, devotional and political objects. At its most basic level simply a combination of symbolic visual image and texts, an emblem is a hybrid composed of words and picture. However, as this book demonstrates, understanding the precise and often multiple meaning, intention and message emblems conveyed can prove a remarkably slippery process. In this book, Peter Daly draws upon many years' research to reflect upon the recent upsurge in scholarly interest in, and rediscovery of, emblems following years of relative neglect. Beginning by considering some of the seldom asked, but important, questions that the study of emblems raises, including the importance of the emblem, the truth value of emblems, and the transmission of knowledge through emblems, the book then moves on to investigate more closely-focussed aspects such as the role of mnemonics, mottoes and visual rhetoric. The volume concludes with a review of some perhaps inadequately considered issues such as the role of Jesuits (who had a role in the publication of about a quarter of all known emblem books), and questions such as how these hybrid constructs were actually read and interpreted. Drawing upon a database containing records of 6,514 books of emblems and imprese, this study suggests new ways for scholars to approach important questions that have not yet been satisfactorily broached in the standard works on emblems. 606 $aEmblems$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aEmblems$xThemes, motives 606 $aEmblem books, European 615 0$aEmblems$xHistory. 615 0$aEmblems$xThemes, motives. 615 0$aEmblem books, European. 676 $a940.21 700 $aDaly$b Peter M$g(Peter Maurice),$0923121 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154981603321 996 $aThe emblem in early modern Europe$92071216 997 $aUNINA