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| Keywords: Saint George, by Leonard Beck.jpg Alciato's Book of Emblems The Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English 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 http //latin bestmoodle net/index php/legenda/2006/ PD-old PD-art Alciato's Book of Emblems Images by Albedo-ukr Paintings of Saint George and the Dragon | ||||
