Emblematum liber

Sobre este libro

Anonymous free translation in Spanish of the Emblematum liber, by Andrea Alciato. The translation is unpublished and very likely exists only in this copy. Each leaf begins with a motto written at the top of the page followed by a woodcut affixed below; verses are written beneath each woodcut and are followed by a commentary section, including citations from classical literature written below a single ruled line on each page. Most leaves written on both sides, with an emblem on both recto and verso. Some (e.g. emblem 117) contain lengthier verses that continue onto the verso, or, beginning on the verso, carry over to the following recto. The manuscript contains a total of 210 emblems distributed across 110 leaves. The manuscript contains only the emblems from Alciato’s work and lacks the prologue and index, which typically accompanied editions of the Emblemata. The manuscript has been augmented with an additional 126 blank sheets, 109 of which are interleaved. The blank leaves are from a different source of paper than the text leaves and are not included in the original foliation (1-110) running in the top corner recto of the completed leaves.