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Cesare Ripa (c. 1560 – c. 1645)
and his famous Iconology
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Covers of the earlier Italian editions of Iconology
btw, a mirror
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Covers of the British – and Russian! - editions
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Iconology was immensely impactful; Vermeer’s Clio clearly refers to
the prescription by Ripa
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Contemporary editions
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Cardinal Antonio Maria Salviati
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Piero Valeriano Bolzani
Hieroglyphica (1556)
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Andrea Alciato
Emblemata (1531)
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Hierarchia Celesti (c. 5th century AD)
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Format of an article in the original edition
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Format of an article in British edition
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**** Ammaestrammento / Instruction ****
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**** Apprehensiva / Apprehension ****
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**** Astronomia / Astronomy **** (False – it’s Astrolabe)
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**** Bellezza / Beauty ****
(False – it’s Compasses)
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**** Chiarezza / Clearness **** (False – it’s Sun)
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**** Contento / Content(ment) ****
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**** Dottrina / Learning **** (False – it’s Sun)
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**** Diffegno / Designing ****
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**** Fidelta / Fidelity **** (False – it’s Seal)
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**** Imitatione / Imitation **** (False – it’s Mask) (but what about Monkey?)
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**** Fraude / Fraud **** (False – it’s Mask)
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**** Operatione Perfetta / Perfect Work ****
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**** Prudenza / Prudence ****
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**** Scienza / Science ****
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**** Origine d’Amore / Origin of Love ****
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**** Libidine / Lust (Luxury) ****
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****Vanita / Vanity ****
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Many other interesting things: e.g., Philosophy and Eternity.
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Paganism
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Time
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Time: Two mirrors
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Colored edition
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Iconology, herself with a mirror
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Luis XV's Bureau du Roi
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