Download or read book The English Emblem Tradition written by Peter Maurice Daly and published by Index Emblematicus. This book was released on 1998 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in the Renaissance, "emblems" typically consisted of a combination of motto, picture, and poem, and were used to expound an ethical or moral truth. THE MANUSCRIPT EMBLEM BOOKS OF HENRY PEACHAM is a collection of four emblem manuscripts by the noted 17th-century humanist scholar Henry Peacham.