Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-229) and index
Recent emblem theory -- The importance of emblems -- Truth in emblems -- Emblems as transmitters of knowledge and traditions -- Mnemonics and emblems -- Are emblem inscriptiones always mottoes? -- Is there visual rhetoric in some emblem pictures? -- How were and how are emblems read? -- On the interpretation of emblems? -- Jesuit emblems: in the service of God, man or the Society of Jesus?