A new light on the renaissance displayed in contemporary emblems (1909)
Bayley, Harold · London, J.M. Dent · leaf 166
of its discontent was, as already stated, the emblem of w hidden manners ” ( mores occulti ) because of its hibernating and cave dwelling habits. The bear and the bat seem therefore to have conveyed similar ideas. To the same group we may probably add the squirrel and the rabbit. The timidity,… … Fjg. 326. — Headpiece. London, 1721. meant philosophia communicata . Constant references to the pursuit and communication of knowledge are to be found in the literature of the period. It is a metaphor that was constantly employed by Francis Bacon. u Arts
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