Emblemata, et aliqvot nvmmi antiqvi operis, Ioan. Sambvci Tirnaviensis Pannonii
Emblemata, et aliqvot nvmmi antiqvi is a 1584 emblem book by Johannes Sambucus (János Zsámboki), printed in Antwerp by Christophe Plantin for humanist scholars and collectors of antique coins. Its woodcut scenes are small, narrow strips of narrative, each paired with a moral motto, and they show allegorical figures in landscapes, ruins and classical settings. A designer might borrow their compact panel compositions, dense hatched line for skies and rock, and the way a single emblematic gesture carries a whole story.
