Emblemata
Emblemata is an emblem book by Andrea Alciati, printed in Lyon in 1551 by Guillaume Rouillé, aimed at scholars and humanist readers who expected moralizing pictures paired with Latin verse. Each page frames a small woodcut in an ornate border with mottos above and epigrams below. Its pictures are compact, allegorical scenes of figures, landscapes and animals that a designer could use as a model for layered emblematic composition, with text panels set inside decorative frames.
