Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 275
andquaintness, came into existence the emblem book, 253 THE SYMBOLIC INFLUENCE which offered compact pictorial epigrams, by meansof the woodcut and the printing press, to fit everyphase of human Hfe, thought, and vicissitude. I lolbeins * Dance of Death was really a bookof emblems, and the subject… … FORTUNE. (From Alciatis Emblems, 1522.) signs as those of the pelican feeding its young fromits own breast, and the stork carrying its parenton its back, constantly reappear; and also thebees making their hive in a helmet, with the mottoEx bello pax, which reminds one of Samsonsriddle of sweetness…
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