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The emblem in early modern Europe: contributions to the theory of the emblem

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Recent emblem theory -- The importance of emblems -- Truth in emblems -- Emblems as transmitters of knowledge and traditions -- Mnemonics and emblems -- Are emblem inscriptiones always mottoes? -- Is there visual rhetoric in some emblem pictures -- How were and how are emblems read? -- On the interpretation of emblems -- Jesuit emblems : in the service of God, man, or the Society of Jesus?

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    Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, ©2014

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    1530-1700

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    • 9781472430137
    • 1472430131

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