<p>Alciato's Book of Emblems
</p><p>The Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English
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Andrea Alciato's Emblematum liber or Book of Emblems had enormous influence and popularity in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is a collection of 212 Latin emblem poems, each consisting of a motto (a proverb or other short enigmatic expression), a picture, and an epigrammatic text. Alciato's book was first published in 1531, and was expanded in various editions during the author's lifetime. It began a craze for emblem poetry that lasted for several centuries. We use the Latin text and images from an important edition of 1621 and we give a translation into English.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Bruegel_(I)" title="Pieter Bruegel (I)">Pieter Bruegel (I)</a> (1526/1530, Brueghel (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Breda" title="Breda">Breda</a>) (?) – 1569, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles_%E2%80%93_Brussel" title="Bruxelles – Brussel">Brussels</a>)
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