Alciato’s emblem “In eum qui truculentia suorum perierit”.  Delphinem invitum me in littora compulit aestus   Exemplum infido quanta pericla mari.Nam si nec propriis Neptunus parcit alumnis,   Quis tutos homines navibus esse putet?  [I am a dolphin whom the tide drove ashore against my will, an example showing what great dangers there are in the treacherous sea. For if…

The Eleventh International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies will take place in Nancy (France) from Monday 3 July to Friday 7 July, 2017. The conference will devote itself to the entire spectrum of emblem studies. Papers on all aspects of emblematics are welcome. Please submit proposals before 1 October 2016 (please notice that the deadline has been extended)….

Sally Gall, an Interpretation Assistant at St. Mary’s Church, Grandtully, Scotland, has written to request the assistance of members of the Society in interpreting some images painted on the ceiling of the church. She is currently working on a new piece of hand-held interpre­tation (or “biffbat”) for the church, and has asked that we circulate…

  Andrea Alciato, ‘Paupertatem summis ingeniis obesse ne provehantur’ (1531) / Richard Shirley Smith, ‘Classical Profile’ (2011)   Financial support for humanities scholarship has never been bountiful in any era, but the situation since the global recession hit in the last decade has been drastic indeed. The unfortunate lot of impoverished scholars was a theme understood…

  Elogia Mariana by A. C. Redelius: What is the story behind this book?[1]   I became interested in A. C. Redelius’ Elogia Mariana (1732) seven years ago, when a professor on my faculty suggested the iconographic analysis of its engravings as a possible topic for a project.[2] At that time, I had no idea…

The Society for Emblem Studies is an affiliated member of the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference (SCSC) which is now accepting proposals for individual presentation proposals and complete panels for its annual conference, to be held 18-20 August 2016 at Martins Hotel, the Crowne Plaza Hotel, and the Provinciaal Hof in Bruges, Belgium.  For more information, please…

  Oliver Cromwell Between Two Pillars   The exhibition held now at the British Library « Magna Carta : Law, Liberty, Legacy » offers an understanding of both the significant legacy of Magna Carta and how it influences later developments in British history and beyond. During the 17th century, Magna Carta was not only used as a legal…

Exploring the Renaissance 2016:An International Conference 65th meeting of the South Central Renaissance Conference March 24-26, 2016 / St. Louis, Missouri / Parkway Hotel Conference website: http:www.scrc.us.com/archives/2016conference.shtml   CALL FOR PAPERS Papers (15-20 minutes in length) are invited on any aspect of Renaissance studies (history, art history, literature, music, philosophy, science, theology). Abstracts only (400-500…