A new light on the renaissance displayed in contemporary emblems (1909)
Bayley, Harold · London, J.M. Dent · leaf 139
PRINTERS’ DEVICES 127 we substitute Heresy for Reynard, and Rome for Isengrim, we can understand why these seemingly childish stories enjoyed such an immense vogue. “ These heretic foxes,” percipiently said Gregory IX., “ have different faces, but they all hang together by the tails.” At the foot… … Fig. 280. — Initial Letter. Fig. 279. — Device of Robert Roger. London, 1688. Berlin, 1700. was regarded as the emblem of slyness, dissimulation and cunning. The honey that is being found by the many- faced fox of heresy is bien entendu , celestial honey. We Fig. 281. — Headpiece. London, 1664.…
Emblems · Cabala · Printers' marks · Renaissance
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