is a very precious testimony about the interpretative methods humanists of the 16th century followed to decrypt emblematic literary productions : Delfinio's commentary is of great help to understand Bocchi's emblem, where the antique Ikarios bas-relief is seen through the sixth Eglogue of Virgil. External links Biography 1555 edition of 'Symbolicarum Quaestionum de Universo Genere' at Internet Archive 1574 edition of 'Symbolicarum Quaestionum de Universo Genere' at Internet Archive 1488 births 1562 deaths Italian male writers Italian Renaissance humanists 16th-century Italian writers Academic staff of the University of Bologna