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Author Visser, A. S. Q. (Arnoud S. Q.)

Title Joannes Sambucus and the learned image : the use of the emblem in late-Renaissance humanism / Arnoud S.Q. Visser.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 296 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 128
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 128. 0920-8607
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One. The World of the Author; Chapter Two. The World of the Publisher; Chapter Three. Sambucus About the Emblem; Chapter Four. The Use of Dedications; Chapter Five. The Epigrams: Subject-Matter, Structure and Style; Chapter Six. The Uses of Classical Sources; Chapter Seven. Word and Image in Pictura and Epigram; Conclusion; Appendix One. Concordance to the Emblems; Appendix Two. List of Dedicatees; Appendix Three. Relations Between Epigram and Pictura; Select Bibliography; General Index; Index of Emblems.
Summary This volume provides the first full study of Sambucus' influential Neo-Latin emblem book. By analysing individual emblems and the historical contexts in which they were shaped, a new picture emerges of the use of the emblem for Renaissance humanists.
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Subject Zsámboki, János, 1531-1584. Emblemata.
Zsámboki, János, 1531-1584.
Sambucus, Johannes.
Emblemata.
Emblem books, Latin -- History.
Emblem books, Latin.
History.
Emblems in literature.
Emblems in literature.
Humanists -- Hungary.
Humanists.
Hungary.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Visser, A.S.Q. (Arnoud S.Q.). Joannes Sambucus and the learned image. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2004059623
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