Please enjoy this tiny fraction of a digi-copied link from a
European emblem collection in which I'm honored to have immediate access to. I
say tiny fraction because emblems - when plate, motto, and poem coincide, were
enormously popular for 2,000 years (surely outliving the
television).
"Those deserving of credit, acknowledge them," I
reminded myself.
Then I asked myself, "Do you dedicate one of many thousands
of a type of emblem to the artist, born in 1551, and roamed Europe in the
emblem creation business? Or do you dedicate the digi-copy to one of
multitudes of scholars responsible for its exposure?
I'm a writer. Right now, the hot keyboard below my
fingertips has seen well over a million strokes. But to be specific in my
acknowledgement to the deserving, that's a lot of key punching. Nor would
I dare type over these cherished antiquated photos.
Good news? My narration in this movie is from yesterday's
post, less than two minutes.
The majority of emblem digi-copies are culled from a John T. Cull
collection and further culled from a Miguel de Cervantes piece.
Sheila Cull
wtf?
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