EMBLEMS AS SEVERAL NOTIONS IN ONE
  • From topos to topicality in the interpretation of emblems

Topos and topicality show the relation between place and meaning

see a lecture by Gombrich (on Gombrich see previous chapter on Shadows)
  • Emblems and time:

emblems combining a bird's wing and a tortoise, speed and deliberation for instance, which means different rhythms and approaches to time 

wing and tortoise from the Hypnerotomachia (first published 1499, with numerous later illustrated editions, see next page) p.133. The Hypnerotomachia (or 'Strife of Love in a Dream') is an allegorical narrative of a quest through emblematic landscapes.