RT Article
T1 Biblical Call and Classical Response: Intertextuality and Image-Text Relations in Henricus Engelgrave’s Sermon Books
JF Journal of Jesuit studies
VO 11
IS 1
SP 81
OP 99
A1 Reddemann, Lukas
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1876510552
AB This paper aims to explore the unique structure and function of the emblems in Henricus Engelgrave’s (1610–70) sermon books (Lux evangelica, Caeleste pantheon, and Caelum empyreum). The emblems serve as introductions to sermons for Sundays and feast days of the liturgical year; they include two mottos: one biblical quotation and a quotation from classical Roman poetry. Based on a selection of exemplary emblems, this paper demonstrates that the second mottos are not merely decorative additions, as has sometimes been argued. Rather, they constitute key features in Engelgrave’s emblematic conception as they provide allegorical and pictorial imageries that affect the picturae of the emblems, the expression of the moral purpose of the sermons, and the relationship between both. This article is part of the special issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies on Jesuit emblems and emblematic edited by Walter S. Melion.
K1 Resurrection
K1 Apostles
K1 Virgil
K1 Ovid
K1 classical reception
K1 Roman poetry
K1 Sermons
K1 Henricus Engelgrave (1610–70)
DO 10.1163/22141332-11010004