Critics frequently, sometimes irresponsibly, label Spenser's poetry "emblematic" because of the appearance of either striking allegorical figures or moral assertions. This thesis establishes a standard for the application of the term "emblematic": first, by defining those elements which characterize emblems; second, by examining the emblem's cultural milieu; and third, by analyzing the "emblem patterns" that appear in The Faerie Queene. The study concludes that these "emblem patterns" transform the two essential elements of emblems to a literary treatment: the emblem engraving takes the form of a poetic description of allegorical figures or scenes; the didactic poem is condensed to an explicit moral statement. These "emblem patterns," then, can be regarded as reasonable criteria for labelling Spenser's poem "emblematic."

Uppsatsen undersöker den konstvetenskapliga diskussionen angående  rimligheten i att läsa in moraliska budskap i holländsk genrekonst från 1600-talet. Detta görs utifrån en diskursanalytisk metod med fokus på textanalys. De texter som behandlas är skrivna av konsthistoriker under 1980- och 1990-talet och belyser tolkningsfrågan ur olika synvinklar. / This thesis investigates the art historical debate about whether or not it is reasonable to assume the presence of moralistic messages in Dutch seventeenth-century genre art. The study is conducted according to a discourse analytical method with emphasis on textual analysis. The texts chosen for analysis were written during the 1980s and 1990s by art historians who advocate different standpoints.

Ce travail met en regard les recueils emblématiques de Henry Hawkins (The Devout Hart, 1633), Christopher Harvey (The School of the Heart, 1647) et John Hall (Emblems with Elegant Figures, 1648). Il confronte ainsi des auteurs de confessions différentes dans l’Angleterre de Charles Ier, où la question religieuse continue d’alimenter des conflits et des tensions. Pourtant, ces emblémistes s’intéressent à un motif commun, celui du cœur, envisagé comme une métonymie de l’homme dans son rapport à la transcendance. En replaçant ce discours cordial dans le contexte historique, culturel et idéologique dans lequel il émerge, notre travail tente de montrer les convergences d’auteurs aux intérêts a priori discordants. Surtout, il s’intéresse à la façon dont textes et gravures dialoguent dans ces recueils pour articuler un discours affectif puissant, capable d’emporter l’empathie et l’adhésion du lecteur/spectateur. Le livre d’emblèmes devient ainsi le support d’un exercice méditatif à travers lequel le dévot peut espérer retrouver le chemin de son âme et, peut-être, la ramener à Dieu. / This thesis brings together three emblem books : Henry Hawkins’ The Devout Hart (1633), Christopher Harvey’s The School of the Heart (1647) and John Hall’s Emblems with Elegant Figures (1648). By doing so, it confronts three writers who display denominational differences in King Charles I’s England, where the issue of religion still fuels intense debates and conflicts. Yet those emblematists share an interest in the motif of the heart, which they use as a metonymy for man in his relationship to transcendence. By replacing the discourse of the heart in the historical, cultural and ideological context in which it has emerged, this thesis attempts to show how three authors with presumably conflicting views end up converging. Moreover, it shows how engravings and texts interact to articulate a powerful affective discourse, which can engage both the reader/spectator’s sympathy and adherence. The emblem book thus works as the support of a meditative exercise through which the devout can hope to find again the way to his soul and bring it back to God.

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Although recent scholars have attempted to recuperate the cultural and literary value of Francis Quarles' Emblemes, traditional emblematic interpretations categorize the images as merely illustrations of the poetic utterance. The investment of this paper shifts critical attention away from the content of Quarles' text as the only source of meaning and argues that meaning is contingent on the interpretation of both word and image. In order for the images of the text to have full consideration, I have stepped away from the traditional emblem metaphor of body and soul in favor of an incarnational metaphor that joins image and word in a hypostatic union of interpretation.

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Denna studie är avsedd att följa vidare på forskning av Schmidt-Krapelin, Touissant, Thiebes,Hamari & Sunyaen (2020) och Hallifax, Serna, Marty, Lavoué & Lavoué (2020) som hardiskuterat spelifiering design i hälsoapplikationer. I deras studier har spelifiering design,specifikt emblem och schemalagd spelifiering design, inte presenterats i en specifik kontext.Det bör undersökas vidare och kommer att göras genom att implementera emblem ochschemalagd spelifiering design i hälsoapplikationen MyFitnessPal. Syftet med studien är attundersöka påverkan av självövervakning på unga vuxna med implementerat emblem ochschemalagd spelifiering design. Unga vuxna valdes som målgrupp eftersom de presenterar enstor användarbas för hälsoapplikationer. En kvalitativ ansats med intervju och narrativanalysmetod genomfördes för att generera ett resultat. Resultatet av denna studie visar ettsamband mellan integrerade spelelement i hälsoapplikationer för självövervakning somskapar en positiv påverkan hos användarna. Den positiva påverkan var främst frånimplementeringen av emblem, medan implementeringen av schemalagd var blandad.Resultatet från denna studie är användbart för forskning inom HCI och informatik genom attpresentera effekterna av specifika spelelement.

Si les livres d’emblèmes ont servi de sujet à de nombreuses études littéraires, leur marché n’a pas fait l’objet d’une analyse historique systématique. Pour y parvenir, cette recherche se base sur deux sources. Un corpus a été réalisé à partir des catalogues des principales bibliothèques permettant de suivre année par année, sur deux siècles et au niveau européen, l’évolution de la production des livres d’emblèmes. Rapidement cette étude a fait ressortir que le principal éditeur de ces ouvrages n’est autre que Christophe Plantin dont la politique commerciale dans ce domaine sera reprise par ses héritiers aussi bien à Anvers qu’à Leyde. La richesse des sources conservées au Musée Plantin-Moretus permet non seulement de connaître tous les frais de fabrication de nombreux livres d’emblèmes mais surtout d’en suivre les ventes au niveau national et international grâce aux foires de Francfort.La recherche a déjà souligné que la vogue des livres d’emblèmes suit de près la progression des idées de Luther en Europe. Les premiers dépouillements et analyses statistiques ont permis de confirmer que si les livres d’emblèmes sont, à l’origine, majoritairement silencieux sur les préférences confessionnelles de leurs auteurs, ils éveillent l’intérêt d’imprimeurs, d’éditeurs et d’auteurs imprégnés d’une culture favorable aux différents courants réformés. Ce facteur est souvent masqué par la prolifération tardive des livres d’emblèmes jésuites et dominicains répondant aux principes tridentins. A ce sujet, les deux sources utilisées ici permettent d’éclairer significativement la ventes des livres d’emblèmes au XVIe et XVIIe siècle. / While emblem books have been the subject of many literary studies, their trade has not been the subject of a systematic historical analysis. To achieve this, this research is based on two sources. A corpus was produced from the catalogs of the main libraries and provides data for tracking the evolution of the production of emblem books to be followed year by year, over two centuries on an European level. Quickly this study revealed that the main editor of these works is none other than Christophe Plantin, whose commercial policy in this field will be taken up by his heirs in Antwerp as well as in Leyden. The richness of the sources kept in the Plantin-Moretus Museum not only allows us to know all the costs of making many emblem books, but also to monitor their sales at national and international level through the Frankfurt trade fairs.Research has already emphasized that the vogue of emblem books is almost simultaneous with the progression of Luther's ideas in Europe. The first researches and statistical analyzes confirmed that if the emblem books were originally largely silent on the confessional preferences of their authors, they have awoken interest of printers, publishers and authors impregnated with a culture favorable to the various reformed currents. This factor is often masked by the late proliferation of books of Jesuit and Dominican emblems responding to the Tridentine precepts. In this regard, the two sources used here helped to enlight on the sales of emblem books in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

This thesis seeks to demonstrate that the Maya snake emblem glyph is associated with religious specialists, instead of geographic locations, as emblem glyphs are typically understood to be. The inscriptions and the media on which the snake emblem glyph occurs will be analyzed to determine the role or function of the "Lord of the Snake." Temporal and spatial data has also been collected to aid in understanding the enigmatic glyph. The snake emblem glyph has recently been identified as originating from a broad area containing the sites of El Peru and La Corona in Guatemala, and Dzibanche, Mexico, a departure from the longstanding choice of Calakmul, Mexico. Unprovenanced snake emblem glyph texts have been cataloged under a "Site Q" designation ('Q' for the Spanish word Que, meaning "which") by Peter Mathews. Site Q is thus not securely identified geographically, which confounds efforts to designate a particular site as the snake emblem glyph site. Other problems with the snake emblem glyph, such as its geographically wide dispersal, hint that it is not a title of a particular city or region. Yet another problem is "a proper fit" between the individuals listed on unprovenanced material and individuals named at sites associated with the snake emblem glyph. It is argued that the interpretation of the snake emblem glyph differs from how emblem glyphs are presently understood. Rather than representing a physical location, the snake emblem glyph represents a mythological place or "state," containing members who legitimize their lineage (association) through ritual events such as communication with supernaturals via the vision serpent. The specialists perform rituals, scatterings, are ballplayers, and witness events. They are rarely associated with accession, which by current interpretation is implicitly tied to emblem glyphs.

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