Andreas Alciatus : : Volume I: The Latin Emblems; Volume II: Emblems in Translation / / ed. by Peter Daly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• HerausgeberIn: Daly, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Index Emblematicus
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (832 p.)

The Emblemata of Andreas Alciatus was published in 1551 in Lyon and was soon translated into at least four languages. These volumes allow a researcher to consult all versions at once and compare them with considerable ease. In Part 1 each of the emblems is reproduced in facsimilie, the motto and epigram transcribed and translated, the pictorial emblem analysed into its key motifs, and the relevant sources listed. Part 2 is organized in parallel fashion and deals with the translations of Marnef, Hunger, Held, Marquale, and Cadomosto. Part 1 also contains thorough introductory sections, including a biography of Alciatus as it relates to his Emblemata, a useful bibliography, extensive cumulative indexes to the key motifs and mottoes, and lists all mottoes by language of origin and of the translations By making the emblem books accessible to modern scholars in this fashion, the Index will enhance the study not only of literature, but also of the history of art, culture, religion, and symbol.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Life of Andreas Alciatus and its Relation to his Emblems -- Bibliography of Studies of Andreas Alciatus and his Emblems -- Indexes and Lists -- Picture Index -- Motto Indexes -- English Translations -- Epigram Indexes -- English Translations -- Subject Index -- Alphabetical Lists of Mottoes -- Sequential Lists of Mottoes -- List of Alciatus Emblems in Geffrey Whitney's A Choice of Emblems -- Comparative Index to Editions -- The Latin Emblems: Facsimiles and Translations -- Front Matter 2 -- The French, German, Italian, and Spanish Emblems: Facsimiles and Translations -- Emblem 1-49 -- Emblem 50-99 -- Emblem 100-149 -- Emblem 150-199 -- Emblem 200-212