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Amoris divini emblemata
Title: Amoris divini emblemata: stvdio et aere Othonis Vaeni concinnata.
Author: Veen, Otto van 1556-1629
Publisher: Antverpiae: Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
Year: 1660
Call number: N 7740 .V345 1660
Physical Description: Vellum over boards, spine title written in ink. Each right hand page is illustrated with an emblem. Different letters are used to distinguish each signature. The text on the left pages is formatted the same throughout the book.
About this book: Otto van Veen (Latin: Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius) was a Dutch painter, illustrator and humanist who was active mainly in Antwerp and Brussels. He had a large studio and produced several emblem books and was also Peter Paul Ruben’s teacher (Wikipedia).
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, “The Netherlands became the center of the vogue (of emblem books)….The Dutch emblem books were widely translated, plagiarized, and reprinted with different text or engravings. From polyglot editions, begun by Heinsius’s verses in Dutch and Latin and later in French, publication of emblem books became an international enterprise, and books of love emblems were exchanged by lovers and formed pretty little encyclopedias of those “questions of love” that had been the erudite pastime of the academies throughout the Renaissance.”
Sources cited:
Otto van Veen. (n.d.) Retrieved June 11, 2015 from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_van_Veen
Emblem book. The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. In Encyclopedia Britannica online. Retrieved from: www.britannica.com/art/emblem-book#ref153214
Amoris divini emblemata
Title: Amoris divini emblemata: stvdio et aere Othonis Vaeni concinnata.
Author: Veen, Otto van 1556-1629
Publisher: Antverpiae: Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
Year: 1660
Call number: N 7740 .V345 1660
Physical Description: Vellum over boards, spine title written in ink. Each right hand page is illustrated with an emblem. Different letters are used to distinguish each signature. The text on the left pages is formatted the same throughout the book.
About this book: Otto van Veen (Latin: Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius) was a Dutch painter, illustrator and humanist who was active mainly in Antwerp and Brussels. He had a large studio and produced several emblem books and was also Peter Paul Ruben’s teacher (Wikipedia).
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, “The Netherlands became the center of the vogue (of emblem books)….The Dutch emblem books were widely translated, plagiarized, and reprinted with different text or engravings. From polyglot editions, begun by Heinsius’s verses in Dutch and Latin and later in French, publication of emblem books became an international enterprise, and books of love emblems were exchanged by lovers and formed pretty little encyclopedias of those “questions of love” that had been the erudite pastime of the academies throughout the Renaissance.”
Sources cited:
Otto van Veen. (n.d.) Retrieved June 11, 2015 from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_van_Veen
Emblem book. The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. In Encyclopedia Britannica online. Retrieved from: www.britannica.com/art/emblem-book#ref153214