Andrea Alciati and his books of emblems : a biographical and bibliographical study (1877)
Green, Henry, 1801-1873 · London : Trubner · leaf 20
ected with jurisprudence.He was also widely known and admiredfor his emblems, and for the neatlyturned, classical, satirical and some-times witty stanzas in Latin whichhe appended to them. According toQuadrio,^ however, Alciati departedfrom the strict meaning of the word : By metonymy, (a… … ^ Delia Sloria e della Ragione d ogni Poesia, vol. ii. pt. ii. pp. 408, 409. B 2 Life of Andrea A Iciati. so that in a way, contrary to our proposition, he did notmake an emblem, but an epigram, explanatory of a figure. Yet this lighter literature of poetic art long floated onthe stream of time,…
Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550 · Emblem books
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