Jesuit Emblem Books in German Speaking Countries
FAIN: FT-12296-74
George R. Dimler
Fordham University (Bronx, NY 10458-9993)
To locate, record, and study emblem literature of the 16th and 17th centuries. Emblem books are composed of emblematic pictures and passages of prose or verse to explain each picture and piont out a moral lesson. Special attention is given to the history and development of emblem literature in Jesuit emblem books.