Emblems in Motion: From the Altdorf Academy and the NÃ¼rnberg Town Hall to Sweden and the Colony of Pennsylvania

Mara R. Wade

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004682245_011

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This study traces the mobility of a narrowly focused emblematic topos across remote geographies for approximately 150 years. The emblem pictura of the open book with a sword (or a helmet) has been consistently employed in various configurations to communicate the importance of strength and learning for good governance. This emblem motif and its variations are followed first northward, from Altdorf and NÃ¼rnberg to the Baltic regions, and then in an entirely new trajectory westward, across the Atlantic to the colony of Pennsylvania. Beginning with the Altdorf prize medallions in the late 1570s, this chronology of emblematic mobility concludes with the first known emblems in the American colonies. The âafterlivesâ of these emblems are remarkable, and their mobility attests to their successful translation across various media, social and political contexts, and vast distances. In stark contrast to this geographic diversity, the semantic stability of these emblems is striking.

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Collections and Books, Images and Texts: Early Modern German Cultures of the Book

Series:Â Chloe, Volume: 49Â andÂ Chloe, Volume: 49

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004682245

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 12 Sep 2023

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- History
  - Early Modern History
- Literature and Cultural Studies

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Part 1 Transitions, Translations, Transformations

Part 2 At Court and in Town: Text, Sound, and Image

Part 3 The Organization of Knowledge: Case Studies from the Herzog August Bibliothek, WolfenbÃ¼ttel

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