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This study reexamines the invention of the emblem book and discusses the novel textual and pictorial means that applied to the task of transmitting knowledge. It offers a fresh analysis of Alciato's Emblematum liber, focusing on his poetics of the emblem, and on how he actually construed emblems. It demonstrates that the "father of emblematics" had vernacular forebears, most importantly Johann von Schwarzenberg who composed two illustrated emblem books between 1510 and 1520.The study sheds light on the early development of the Latin emblem book 1531-1610, with special emphasis on the invention of the emblematic commentary, on natural history, and on advanced methods of conveying emblematic knowledge, from Junius to Vaenius.

Book history --- Theory of knowledge --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Europe --- emblem books --- Boekgeschiedenis --- Kennisleer --- emblematabundels --- Europa --- Emblem books, European --- Emblems --- History --- 16th century. --- 17th century. --- History. --- Learning and scholarship --- Heraldry --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Erudition --- Scholarship --- Civilization --- Intellectual life --- Education --- Research --- Scholars --- European emblem books --- History and criticism --- Alciati, Andrea, --- Schwarzenberg, Johann von, --- Stockhammer, Sebastian. --- Junius, Hadrianus, --- Camerarius, Joachim, --- Veen, Otto van, --- 16th century --- 17th century --- 06.21 history of the printed book. --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. --- Emblem books, European. --- Emblem. --- Emblemliteratur. --- Emblems. --- Learning and scholarship. --- Rezeption. --- Wissenschaftstransfer. --- History and criticism. --- Emblematum liber (Alciati, Andrea). --- 1500-1699. --- Europe. --- Emblem books. --- Illustrated books --- Emblem books, European - History - 16th century --- Emblem books, European - History - 17th century --- Emblems - Euopre - History