Quò me fata vocant: Philip Sidney as a Reader of Books of Emblems

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angličtina

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Quò me fata vocant: Philip Sidney as a Reader of Books of Emblems

Original language description

In the album amicorum (ʻfriendship bookʼ) of Ottavio Strada, the Elder (ca. 1550-1612), the antiquary of the Emperor Rudolph II. and a son of Jacopo Strada (1515-1588), painter, architect and goldsmithand, some interesting autographs from the period 1572-1600 can be found – Philip Sidneyʼs inscription among them, using the Virgilian quote “quò me fata vocant” (ʻwhiter the Fates may callʼ). Written probably in the second half of the year 1573, its resemblance to the style of emblems is not coincidental. In the course of his travels to the Continent (1572-1577), Sidney met with many prominent intellectuals of his time, including Camerariusʼ brothers, Johannes Sambucus and others, through their works he had the opportunity to familiarise himself in more detail with books of emblems on the continent. There are also other associations which link Sidney with emblem books in England: Abraham Fraunceʼs (1558/1560-1592/93), Mary Sidney Herbertʼs protégé, Emblemata varia, copied from Giovioʼs Dialogo dell&apos; imprese, and Geoffrey Whitney’s (1548-1601) A Choice of Emblemes dedicated to the Earl of Leicester. Fraunceʼs Emblemata were prepared probably as a leaving present for Sidney before his departure from Cambridge, 1582. Whitney’s emblem 38 “Non locus virum, sed vir locum ornat” (ʻNot the place the man, but the man adorns the place.ʼ) is dedicated to Philip Sidney. Whitney’s book came to light shortly before Sidneyʼs death, but it is possible he was familiar with the intention or manuscript itself. Let us remark that both authors are from the circle around Countess of Pembroke and Sidneys. The paper intends to examine Sidneyʼs fondness for emblem books, which offered lessons on Nature-Man topic in an attractive way, bringing together sayings, pictures, and text, ancient wisdom (which was fashionable to quote), and new trends in knowledge, and whether they could have an impact on his own writing.

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O - Miscellaneous

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OECD FORD branch

60206 - Specific literatures

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S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů