{"product_id":"the-english-emblem-tradition","title":"The English Emblem Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe emblem was one of the most distinctive of Renaissance art forms, lending itself to the concrete manifestation of the deeply-rooted Renaissance belief in the interrelationship between painting and poetry. Emblems, typically consisting of a combination of motto, picture, and poem, had a didactic as well as illustrative function, and were used to expound an ethical or moral truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry Peacham's \u003cem\u003eManuscript Emblem Books\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of four emblem manuscripts by the noted seventeenth-century humanist scholar, Henry Peacham. The volume includes three books based on King James I's \u003cem\u003eBasilicon Doron\u003c\/em\u003e, and a fourth emblem book entitled \u003cem\u003eEmblemata varia\u003c\/em\u003e. The story of their genesis, composition, and dedications to King James and his eldest son, Prince Henry, offers some fascinating insights into the attempts by Peacham to obtain royal patronage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn keeping with previous volumes in the \u003cem\u003eIndex Emblematicus\u003c\/em\u003e series, the text and picture of each emblem is presented and accompanied by on-page translation and analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Alan R. Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575512596662,"sku":"9780802009876","price":126.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780802009876.jpg?v=1727459410","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-english-emblem-tradition","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}