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The emblem was one of the most distinctive of Renaissance art forms, lending itself to the concrete manifestation of the deeply-rooted Renaissance belief in the interrelationship between painting and poetry. Emblems, typically consisting of a combination of motto, picture, and poem, had a didactic as well as illustrative function, and were used to expound an ethical or moral truth.Henry Peacham's Manuscript Emblem Books is a collection of four emblem manuscripts by the noted seventeenth-century humanist scholar, Henry Peacham. The volume includes three books based on King James I's Basilicon Doron, and a fourth emblem book entitled Emblemata varia. The story of their genesis, composition, and dedications to King James and his eldest son, Prince Henry, offers some fascinating insights into the attempts by Peacham to obtain royal patronage.In keeping with previous volumes in the Index Emblematicus series, the text and picture of each emblem is presented and accompanied by on-page translation and analysis.

Iconography --- Literature --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Great Britain --- Emblem books, English --- Emblems --- Symbolism in art --- Mottoes --- Epigrams, English --- Early works to 1800 --- Themes, motives --- English poetry --- -English poetry --- -Emblems --- -Emblem books, English --- -Heraldry --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- English emblem books --- English literature --- Indexes --- Poetry --- -Indexes --- -English emblem books --- Heraldry --- anno 1500-1799 --- Semiotics --- Poetry. --- Emblem books, English. --- Early works to 1800. --- English epigrams --- Mottos --- Maxims --- Proverbs --- Allegory (Art) --- Signs and symbols in art --- Art --- Emlem books, English --- Emblem books, English - Indexes --- Emblems - England - Early works to 1800 --- Emblems - England - Early works to 1800 - Indexes --- Symbolism in art - Themes, motives - Indexes --- Mottoes - Indexes --- Epigrams, English - Indexes --- England. --- Angleterre --- Anglii͡ --- Anglija --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra --- Livres d'emblemes anglais --- Emblemes --- Devises (heraldique) --- Symbolisme dans l'art --- Epigrammes anglaises --- Index --- 17e siecle --- Grande-bretagne --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Catalogues --- Themes, motifs