A new light on the renaissance displayed in contemporary emblems (1909)
Bayley, Harold · London, J.M. Dent · leaf 176
1 64 NEW LIGHT ON THE RENAISSANCE “ half inclined to deify Nature.” He adds : “ Her cultus was the only instrument of freedom for thinking men that … Fig. 350. — Tailpiece. Paris, 17th century. Fig. 351. — Headpiece. London, 1605. could be opposed to the degrading superstitions of the time. He shared with Bruno the Lucretian conviction that the Divine mission of nature was to emancipate men from the thraldom of sacerdotalism and religious…
Emblems · Cabala · Printers' marks · Renaissance
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