The Mirrour of Majestie, Or, the Badges of Honour Conceitedly Emblazoned: A Photo-Lith Fac-Simile Reprint from Mr. Corser's Perfect Copy. A.D. 1618


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The Emblem in Renaissance and Baroque Europe: Tradition and Variety


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The volume is a cross-section of contributions to the Glasgow International Emblem Conference 1990, and demonstrates the range of research currently under way into the emblem tradition in the Renaissance and Baroque periods and the variety of its development across the centuries in many European countries. The seventeen papers are arranged here in broad national and thematic groupings, showing the emblem tradition in France, Italy, the Low Countries, Germany, Britain, within the field of alchemy, and extending into wider European traditions. The volume is generously illustrated, and an index is provided for the orientation of the reader. An impression of the richness of the European emblem tradition is given for the general reader, whilst the specialist is provided with a comprehensive insight into the many and varied strands of current emblem research and the diversity of approach adopted by scholars internationally.







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