- 1Emblem III, Book 1 of George Wither’s A collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, quickened with metricall illustrations, both Moral and Divine, 1635 4
- 2Emblem 3 of Andrew Willet’s Sacrorum Emblematum Centuria Una, 1592 5
- 3“Potentissimus,” Andrea Alciato’s Emblematum Liber, 1531 16
- 4“Amiticia Etiam Post Mortem Durans,” Andrea Alciato’s Emblematum Liber, 1531 17
- 5“Festina Lente,” publisher’s device of Aldus Manutius 19
- 6“Ficta Religio,” Andrea Alciato’s Emblematum Liber, 1531 21
- 7From Chapter 19, “Polia leads Poliphilo to ruins,” in Francesco Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1499, p.244 22
- 8Emblem XX, Book 3 of George Wither’s A collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, quickened with metricall illustrations, both Moral and Divine, 1635 24
- 9Emblem 39 of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria, 1624 28
- 10Emblem 38 of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria, 1624 28
- 11Emblem 40 of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria, 1624 29
- 12Emblem IX, Book 5 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1635 30
- 13Emblem VIII, Book 5 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1635 30
- 14Emblem X, Book 5 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1635 31
- 15Emblem I, Book 2 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1635 31
- 16“Image the Tenth” of Isaac Williams’ The Baptistry, Or, The Way of Eternal Life (7th ed., 1874) 32
- 17Explication for “Image the Tenth” of Isaac Williams’ The Baptistry, Or, The Way of Eternal Life (7th ed., 1874) 33
- 18“Hymne” and “Incentive” of Meditation IIII in Henry Hawkins’ The Devout Hart, 1634 34
- 19“The tilling of the Heart,” Emblem 27 of Christopher Harvey’s Schola Cordis, or, the heart of it selfe gone away from God and brought back by Him, 1647 35
- 20“The seeding of the Heart,” Emblem 28 of Christopher Harvey’s Schola Cordis, or, the heart of it selfe gone away from God and brought back by Him, 1647 36
21“The watering of the Heart,” Emblem 29 of Christopher Harvey’s Schola Cordis, or, the heart of it selfe gone away from God and brought back by Him, 1647 37 - 22“The flying of the Heart,” Emblem 38 of Christopher Harvey’s Schola Cordis, or, the heart of it selfe gone away from God and brought back by Him, 1647 38
- 23Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin, 1848–9 50
- 24Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Proserpine, 1874 51
- 25William Holman Hunt, The Awakening Conscience, 1851–3 52
- 26William Holman Hunt, The Scapegoat, 1854–6 53
- 27Filippo Pistrucci, “Il Mondo,” Iconologia, 1821 59
- 28“The Passionflower,” Peter Parley (Samuel Griswold Goodrich), Tales About Plants, 1839 60
- 29Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “You should have wept her yesterday,” frontispiece to Christina Rossetti’s The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems, 1866 61
- 30Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “The long hours go and come and go,” title page illustration for Christina Rossetti’s The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems, 1866 62
- 31Emblem II, Book 4 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1635 63
- 32Emblem 17 of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria, 1624 64
- 33“The Child Jesus: A Record typical of the five Sorrowful Mysteries,” James Collinson, The Germ 2 (31 Jan 1850) 64
- 34“Tertiae Imaginus,” Antoine Sucquet’s Via Vitae Aeternae, 1620 66
- 35Emblem XVIII, Book 4 of George Wither’s A collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, quickened with metricall illustrations, both Moral and Divine, 1635 74
- 36“Cordelia,” Ford Madox Brown, The Germ 3 (March 1850) 80
- 37“Viola and Olivia,” Walter Howell Deverell, The Germ 4 (April 1850) 81
- 38“My Beautiful Lady,” Thomas Woolner, The Germ 1 (1 Jan 1850) 82
- 39a–cThree title pages of John Keble’s The Christian Year: 1827, 1875, 1905 82
- 40Title page, The Germ 1 (1 Jan 1850) 83
- 41“Fifth Sunday after Epiphany,” Christina Rossetti’s design for John Keble’s The Christian Year, 1827 88
- 42a–b“Motherless baby and babyless mother,” drawing by Christina Rossetti for Sing-Song, 1872 and Arthur Hughes’ illustration for the same poem 88
- 43Engraving from Isaac Williams’ The Cathedral, 1841 91
- 44“Septuagesima Sunday,” Christina Rossetti’s design for John Keble’s The Christian Year, 1827 94
45Emblem xv, Book 3 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1635 94 - 46Emblem 15 of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria, 1624 95
- 47Emblem xiii, Book 2 of George Wither’s A collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, quickened with metricall illustrations, both Moral and Divine, 1635 96
- 48Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “The Sonnet,” 1880 99
- 49Emblem xlv, Book 1 of George Wither’s A collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, quickened with metricall illustrations, both Moral and Divine, 1635 100
- 50Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Buy from us with a golden curl,” frontispiece to Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862 101
- 51Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Golden head by golden head,” title page illustration for Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1865 102
- 52Emblem vii, Book 1 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1635 116
- 53“Ex Parvo Satis,” Georgette de Montenay’s Emblesmes et devises chrestiennes, 1571 121
- 54“Holly,” Christina Rossetti’s Called to Be Saints, 1881 129
- 55“Cowslips and Veronica,” Christina Rossetti’s Called to Be Saints, 1881 130
- 56“Ivy,” Christina Rossetti’s Called to Be Saints, 1881 130
- 57Gerard Manley Hopkins, “A Vision of the Mermaids,” 1862 156
- 58Emblem 22 of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria, 1624 166
- 59“Assistance,” Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia, 1641 185
- 60“Elephantina,” Francesco Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1499 187
- 61Dante Gabriel Rossetti, headpiece sketch for “William and Marie: A Ballad” (c. 1841) 193
- 62Emblem xiii, Book 3 of Francis Quarles’ Emblemes, Divine and Moral, 1634 208
- 63“Poliphilo dreams within his dream,” Francesco Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1499 216
- 64Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sibylla Palmifera, 1866–70 223
- 65“Res Immoderata Cvpido est,” in Otto Vaenius’s Emblematica Amoris, 1608 228
- 66“The Story of Bertrand,” in Thomas Bewick’s A Looking-Glass for the Mind, 1796 229
- 67“Fable xxvii: Fortune and the School-boy,” in Thomas Bewick’s Fables of Aesop and Others, 1784; 1886 230
68aWilliam Blake, “Water,” in For Children: The Gates of Paradise (1793). Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress 239 - 68bWilliam Blake, “Earth,” in For Children: The Gates of Paradise (1793). Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress 240
- 69“Aethiopem Lavare,” in Geffrey Whitney’s A Choice of Emblemes, and Other Devises, 1536 243
- 70Eugene Delacroix, The 28th of July: Liberty Leading the People, 1830 247
- 71William Morris, Frontispiece for The Well at the World’s End, Kelmscott Press, 1896 258
- 72aWilliam Morris, Woodpecker tapestry, 1885 268
- 72bWilliam Morris, Vine wallpaper, 1874. Victoria & Albert Museum 269
- 73Margaret Gatty, “Thus, O My Soul!” (Ainsi mon Ame). Emblems for Children, 1872 275
- 74R.L. Stevenson, Moral Emblems, 1881 276
- 75Hillaire Belloc, Cautionary Tales for Children, 1907 277
- 76Heinrich Hoffmann, Der Struwwelpeter, 1845 278