BERNAT VISTARINI, Antonio, CULL, John T. y SAJÓ, Tomás (Eds.), Book of Honors for Empress Maria of Austria Composed by the College of the Society of Jesus of Madrid on the Occasion of hre Death, 1603

[Resumen] Reseña del libro Book of Honors for Empress Maria of Austria Composed by the College of the Society of Jesus of Madrid on the Occasion of her Death (1603), que ofrece traducción parcial al inglés, edición facsimilar de los jeroglíficos y estudio preliminar del Libro de las honras que hizo el Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús de Madrid, a la M.C. de la Emperatriz Doña María de Austria… por Antonio Bernat Vistarini, John T. Cull y Tamás Sajó, editado en Filadelfia: Saint Joseph’s University Press, 2011, en la colección «Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts Series», vol. 5, 240 pp. I.S.B.N.: 978-0-916101-73-2.[Abstract] Review on the Book of Honors for Empress Maria of Austria Composed by the College of the Society of Jesus of Madrid on the Occasion of her Death, which provides partial translation into English, facsimile edition of the hieroglyphics and preliminary study of the Libro de las honras que hizo el Colegio de la Copañía de Jesús de Madrid, a la M.C. de la Emperatriz Doña María de Austria… by Antonio Bernat Vistarini, John T. Cull and Tamás Sajo, published in Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2011, in the collection "Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts Series", vol. 5, pp. 240. I.S.B.N.: 978-0-916101-73-2

CAMPA, Pedro F. y DALY, Peter M. (Eds.), Emblematic Images & Religious Texts. Studies in Honor of G. Richard Dimler, S.J.

[Resumen] Reseña del libro Emblematic Images & Religious Texts. Studies in Honor of G. Richard Dimler, S. J., editado por Pedro F. Campa, y Peter M. Daly en Filadelfia, Saint Joseph’s University Press, 2010, Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts Series, vol. 2, 364 pp., ISBN: 978-0-916101-61-9.[Abstract] Review on the book Emblematic Images & Religious Texts. Studies in Honor of G. Richard Dimler, S. J., edited by Pedro F. Campa and Peter M. Daly in Filadelfia, Saint Joseph’s University Press, 2010, Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts Series, vol. 2, 364 pp., ISBN: 978-0-916101-61-

Campa, Pedro F. y Daly, Peter M. (Eds.): Emblematic Images & Religious Texts. Studies in Honor of G. Richard Dimler, S. J., Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts Series, vol. 2

El libro Emblematic Images & Religious Texts constituye un tributo y reconocimiento de algunos de los colegas académicos de Richard Dimler a su importante labor pionera y trascendente aportación. Volumen profusamente ilustrado, aporta una amplia variedad de ensayos sobre libros de emblemas e imágenes emblemáticas por parte de una quincena de investigadores

Mujeres y emblemas : una visión simbólica de la condición femenina en la Edad Moderna

The difficult situation of women in the Modern Period, marked by the strong patriarchal and androcentric character of the official culture and ideology of the moment, and their high degree of social marginalization, has been frequently analysed through various literary sources such as theatre, fiction or travel literature, collections of proverbs and sermons, and, above all, moral and doctrinal texts. However, for some time now, a new approach to the issue has been attempted which has proven to be of singular importance when observing the effect of the aforementioned directives of the dominant ideology on the familial and social role of women: illustrated symbolic literature. Through its various forms of expression--emblems, badges, hieroglyphics, allegories--this genre became, especially from the final decades of the 16thcentury, a perfectly calibrated and effective instrument when channelling the political, moral and doctrinal orientation of citizens. In the present study I offer an overview of how emblematic treatises and repertoires of allegories offer us excellent examples of the construction of the symbolic image that the dominant elites of modern times seek to spread and impose on the female gender, and their well-established and channelled behavioural norms.   KEYWORDS: Modern Period; Emblems; Female Marginality; Androcentric Control.

Entre la heráldica y la emblemática: reorientación semántica de dos motivos animalísticos en blasones nobiliarios del casco histórico de Cáceres

A large repertoire of heraldic coats of arms, the earliest dating from the 14th century, is preserved in the buildings, chapels and tombs that make up the monuments of the city of Cáceres. In some cases, the figurative components of these family arms are accompanied by mottos that, in some way, complement or even reorient the informative, commemorative or propagandistic nature of the family escutcheon with new semantic content. In this article we will examine two of these escutcheons, which preside over the main façades of the Espadero-Pizarro and Blázquez-Mayoralgo palaces respectively, and in which both associated inscriptions confer a new «emblematic» meaning to the corresponding zoomorphic motifs of the lion and the eagle that appear on these devices.En los edificios, capillas y enterramientos del conjunto monumental de la ciudad de Cáceres se conserva un nutrido repertorio de blasones heráldicos cuyos testimonios más tempranos se remontan al siglo XIV. En algunos casos, los componentes figurados de esas armerías familiares se acompañan de sentencias inscritas que, de algún modo, complementan o incluso reorientan con nuevos contenidos semánticos el carácter informativo, conmemorativo o propagandístico de los escudos. En el presente artículo vamos a examinar dos de esos blasones, que presiden respectivamente las fachadas principales de las casas-palacio de los Espadero-Pizarro y de los Blázquez-Mayoralgo, en los que sendas inscripciones asociadas confieren un nuevo sentido “emblemático” a los correspondientes motivos zoomorfos del león y el águila que figuran en dichos dispositivos

Un bestiario para celebrar: fauna simbólica en la fiesta barroca del Virreinato del Perú

This study proposes to examine the iconic zoomorphic component in the graphic and textual manifestations that have survived from the Viceroyalty of Peru’s festive activities, with the aim of drawing some primary conclusions regarding the characteristics and uses of those motifs. Faced with the absence of indices for Peruvian festival hieroglyphics, analysis will be conducted on the relations, representations of the ephemeral devices and bibliographical references available in this field.El presente trabajo propone una aproximación al componente icónico zoomorfo en las manifestaciones gráfico-textuales que nos han llegado de la actividad festiva del Virreinato del Perú con el fin de extraer unas primeras conclusiones sobre las características y usos de estos motivos. Ante la ausencia de repertorios de jeroglíficos festivos peruanos, el análisis se llevará a cabo a partir de sus relaciones, las representaciones visuales de los aparatos efímeros y los referentes bibliográficos disponibles en este ámbito