Items taken from Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882) (results page 1)

front cover, Allegories and EmblemsAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

The front cover of the second volume of Allegorien und Embleme has a quarter-leather binding and gilt-stamped decoration with black and red printing that includes a woman and an heraldic shield.

Keywords: book covers, lettering, people, typography, colour, heraldry

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Guild of Carriage-MakersAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

This incredibly busy design is for the guild of carriage-makers (I think) in 1612. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons, a bunch of baro [...]

Keywords: heraldry, borders, full-page borders, page images, frames, people, cherubs, nudity, women, boys, shields, greyscale

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Ornate baroque-stye border with herubs and gryphonsAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

This border is from the 1612 sign for the Nurenberg Guild of Carriage-Makers made by Adolf Mießner. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, cherubs, bare feet, women, people, nudity, scrollwork, cartici, frames, inhabited borders, greyscale

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Menu Card 1: Court JesterAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

Menukarte (Hofnarr) Court Jester, one of a series of four designs marked as modern in this 1882 book of emblems and symbols. The court jester here (Hofnarr in German) is laughing merrily, wearing a ha [...]

Keywords: jesters, medieval, food, service, waters, people, banners, banderols, menu cards, greyscale

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Menu Card 2: ChefAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

Menukarte (Koch) Here the cook, or chef, smiles as he holds a platter with a startled-looking swan (or duck?) on a platter with parsnips and herbs. Behind him a soup-pot, or cauldron, is steaming over [...]

Keywords: chefs, cooking, food, cauldrons, people, smiles, birds, feasts, banners, banderols, menu cards, greyscale

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Menu Card 3: Celler MasterAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

Menukarte (Kellermeister) The landlord, or bar-tender, or celler-master, a young man with a short tunic and dagger, holder up a rather large jug of beer; behind him is a barrel. Presumably the ideas [...]

Keywords: waiters, people, men, beer, drinking, barrels, banners, banderols, menu cards, greyscale

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Menu Card 4: WaitressAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

Menukarte (Mundschenkin) This lady is a waitress or cup-bearer. In one hand a jug, in the other a spiked medieval cup. Behind her an ornate carved table. She wears a necklace of beads and a long dress [...]

Keywords: waitresses, serving, beer, drinks, medieval, costumes, menu cards, banderols, banners, greyscale

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Steampunk flying cogAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

A cog with feathered wings, a steam-whistle, perhaps a regulator knob, and another unidentifiable part, flies through the clouds.

Keywords: steampunk, victoriana, wings, machinery, humour, greyscale

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Cherubs in the rainAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

Originally a vignetted initial; here we have a design with three rectangles: on the left a rain-filled area dominated by an umbrella, and a lower leg with its bare foot and a bottom (not naked) protru [...]

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, rain, umbrellas, children, bare feet, greyscale

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Initial letter R with putti in the rainAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

A vignetted initial letter “R” designed by Franz Stuck; here we have a design with three rectangles: on the left a rain-filled area dominated by an umbrella, and a lower leg with its bare foot and a b [...]

Keywords: letterr, initials, vignetted initials, cherubs, nudity, rain, umbrellas, children, bare feet, lettering, greyscale

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Initial Letter S with Frowning TailorAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

An elderly man with a long goatee and a tall hat is threading a needle; he sits on top of an oversized thimble, next to a distressingly large pin cushion. Underneath, he is supported by a pair of scis [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, vignetted initials, people, tailors, sewing, scissors, men, beards, hats, greyscale

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Initial Letter T With Cherubs and Dancing CoupleAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

This vignetted initial shows a dance, with couples wearing elaborate clothing; the front-most couple is shown in detail and the others as shadowy sketches. A putto or cherub, a naked boy in the sky, p [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, love, dancing, putti, wings, initials, lettert, music, vignetted initials, greyscale

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Historiated Initial Letter U With Clock and CherubAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

This inhabited, or historiated, initial, features a clock with a bell on the top of it which a winged cherub is about to hit with a small hammer; there’s also a butterfly and a spiral motif. The clock [...]

Keywords: initials, letteru, clocks, cherubs, wings, bare feet, butterflies, greyscale

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