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Emblem
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Etymologically, ‘emblem’ means ‘that which has been set in’ (Gk.,
émblema): the mosaic or intarsia work. As a genre in history of art and literature, ‘emblem’ denotes a particular combination of word and image, defined by three constituents: a motto, a pictorial image (Lat.,
pictura, ‘picture’), and a text (Lat.,
subscriptio, ‘under-writing’) expounding the picture in its relation to the motto. In this specific form, the emblem developed in the Renaissance and the baroque period into a phenomenon of mode and style. The point of departure and mo…
Source:
The Brill Dictionary of Religion
