The Jesuit Emblem in European Context
Price: $70.00
Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher: Saint Joseph's University Press
Date Published: 2016
ISBN: 9780916101886
Book ID: 81
Description:
468 pages / index / 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. / 23 b/w and color images
The Jesuit Emblem in the European Context sets out to understand the emblems currently known to have been written by Jesuits (at least 1,525 printed books) in the context of the production of emblems in Europe. The Introduction offers a brief account of the Society of Jesus, followed by chapters on the European Emblem, the Ratio studiorum (the flexible blueprint for Jesuit education as offered by Jesuit colleges throughout the world), Jesuit Theory of Symbology, the Major Jesuit Emblem Books, the Material Culture (everything not deriving from print), and Purposes Served by Jesuits Using Emblematic Forms. Conclusions follow, with historical information on provinces and colleges of the Society of Jesus provided in appendices.
Many scholars have considered this or that Jesuit writer, some of his works, individual colleges, and the role of emblem in Jesuit education. However, to date these investigations remain partial. This is the first comprehensive attempt ever to review what Jesuits accomplished using the emblem form.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The European Emblem
Chapter 2: The Ratio studiorum
Chapter 3: The Jesuit Theory of Symbology
Chapter 4: The Major Jesuit Emblematic Books
Chapter 5: The Material Culture
Chapter 6: Purposes Served by Jesuits Using Emblematic Forms
Conclusions
Appendices
Appendix 1: European Assistancies and Provinces
Appendix 2: The Assistancy of France
The Province of Aquitaine
The Province of Champagne
The Province of France
The Province of Lyons
The Province of Toulouse
Appendix 3: The Assistancy of Germany
The Province of Austria
The Province of Bohemia
The Province of Flanders-Belgium
The Province of Gallo-Belgium
The Province of the Lower Rhine
The Province of Upper Germany and Bavaria
The Province of the Upper Rhine
Appendix 4: The Assistancy of Italy
The Province of Milan
The Province of Naples
The Province of Rome
The Province of Sicily
The Province of Venice
Appendix 5: The Assistancy of Poland
The Province of Greater Poland
The Province of Lesser Poland
The Province of Lithuania
The Province of Masovia
Appendix 6: The Assistancy of Portugal
The Province of Portugal
Appendix 7: The Assistancy of Spain
The Province of Andalucia
The Province of Aragon
The Province of Castille
The Province of Sardinia
The Province of Toledo
Bibliography
Illustrations
A Note on Jesuit Institutions
Index
Peter M. Daly is Professor Emeritus of German, at McGill University, and G. Richard Dimler, S.J., is Professor Emeritus of Emblem Studies, at Fordham University.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"This volume is a worthy addition to the useful, authoritative and wide-ranging series "Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts" from Saint Joseph's University Press. It should be emphasized that this dense and rich text is less a book to read through than a marvelously compendious work of reference. It is also a splendid and useful introduction to emblematics in general, and what the whole symbolic language of work and image became in the hands of the most skilled company of pedagogues and rhetoricians in the early modern world, the Society of Jesus."
Peter Davidson (Campion Hall, Oxford University), The Way
“The book is best described as a handbook for beginners in Jesuit emblem studies, or as a thorough compendium for experienced scholars in the field. It represents the first comprehensive overview of the material and theoretical contributions of the Society of Jesus to the development of the emblem in Europe prior to 1773, and as such will find a welcome place on the reference shelves of scholars and scholarly institutions with an interest in emblem studies.”
Gilles Mongeau (Regis College, University of Toronto), Renaissance and Reformation
“This extensive and comprehensive compendium, written by a pair of highly experienced researchers in the field of emblematics, is based on many years of collaborative research. […] The Jesuit Emblem in the European Context is written in very readable language that displays deep knowledge of the subject. It can be read as a whole, but each of the six chapters also stands alone as an in-depth study of an aspect of Jesuit emblematics. […] The Jesuit Emblem in the European Context is something like a travel map that shows not only main routes but also little sidepaths leading to still-unexplored domains of Jesuit emblematics. This work promises an exciting journey through the world of European Jesuit emblems, where many discoveries, surprises, and findings await.”
Katerina Dolejsi (Czech Academy of Sciences) Emblematica: Essays in Word and Image