Title
Heart (feminized?) as a generic symbol of the human soul
Description
Against the Catholic tradition of differentiating the hearts of Jesus and Maria with different attributes (crowns vs. swords), there is a clear tendency to present a neutral or even feminized (very rounded) hearts to represent the human soul as receiver or depending on God's will or love. It is implicitly a feminized image because it is not capable of action, only of reception, often opposed to a (male) hand. This tradition contradicts the use of the heart to represent courage.
Creator
Image 1: Müller, Heinrich (1631-1675)
Image 2: Montenay, Georgette de (1540-1581) and Visscher, Anna Roemer (c. 1583-1651)
Image 3: Mannich, Johann (1580-1637)
Image 4: Mechov, Wilhelm (1618-1678)
Image 5: Haeften, Benedictus van (1588-1648)
Image 2: Montenay, Georgette de (1540-1581) and Visscher, Anna Roemer (c. 1583-1651)
Image 3: Mannich, Johann (1580-1637)
Image 4: Mechov, Wilhelm (1618-1678)
Image 5: Haeften, Benedictus van (1588-1648)
Source
Image 1:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=126&emblemid=E005475&bookid=oai:diglib.hab.de:ppn_642530106
Image from the book Göttliche Liebes-Flamme Oder Auffmunterung zur Liebe Gottes Durch Vorstellung dessen undendlichen Liebe gegen uns ("Divine love flame or encouragement to the love of God by imagining his infinite love for us"), by Müller, Heinrich (1676), Franckfurt am Mayn: Wust, Balthasar Christoph The Elder. p. 15 (bibliographical quotes: VD17 23: 323796A)
Courtesy of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/th-1851/start.htm?image=00015
Image 2:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=108&emblemid=av1615034&bookid=huygens.knaw.nl_3Aemitx_3Aav1615
Image from the book Cent emblemes chrestiens by Montenay, Georgette de and Anna Roemer Visscher (1615, c.), xxxiiij, 34[b]. Published by Johann Lancelot.
https://emblems.hum.uu.nl/av1615034.html
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210516163738/https://emblems.hum.uu.nl/static/images/av1615/pictura/OB-9575-043.jpg
Image 3:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=90&emblemid=E012202&bookid=sacraemblematalx00mann
Image from the book Sacra emblemata LXXVIin quibus summa unius cuiusq[ue] evangelii rotunde adumbratur, by Mannich, Johann (1625), Norimbergae: Ex officina typographica Joannis Friderici Sartorii. p. 12.
Courtesy of University of Illinois Board of Trustees
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/EmblemRegistry:E012202
Image 4:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=72&emblemid=E011617&bookid=oai:diglib.hab.de:ppn_661579891
Image from the book Echo Mutuae Voluntatis sive De Amicitia Dialogus, by Mechov, Wilhelm (1648), [Lüneburg]: Lamprechtus; Hamburgi: Typis Wernerianis. Printed by:Lamprecht, Martin and Werner, Heinrich. p. 24. (bibliographical quotes: VD17 23: 621517T)
Courtesy of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/li-5987/start.htm?image=00024
Image 5:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=54&emblemid=E018350&bookid=oai:diglib.hab.de:ppn_561230757
Image from the book Hertzen Schuel oder Des von Gott abgefüerten Herzens, widerbringung Zu Gott vnd vnderweisung, by Haeften, Benedictus van (1664), Augspurg: Weh. Printed by: Alas, Johann and Ostermayr, Johann. p. 625 (Signatur: Li 3284)
Courtesy of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/li-3284/start.htm?image=00625
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=126&emblemid=E005475&bookid=oai:diglib.hab.de:ppn_642530106
Image from the book Göttliche Liebes-Flamme Oder Auffmunterung zur Liebe Gottes Durch Vorstellung dessen undendlichen Liebe gegen uns ("Divine love flame or encouragement to the love of God by imagining his infinite love for us"), by Müller, Heinrich (1676), Franckfurt am Mayn: Wust, Balthasar Christoph The Elder. p. 15 (bibliographical quotes: VD17 23: 323796A)
Courtesy of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/th-1851/start.htm?image=00015
Image 2:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=108&emblemid=av1615034&bookid=huygens.knaw.nl_3Aemitx_3Aav1615
Image from the book Cent emblemes chrestiens by Montenay, Georgette de and Anna Roemer Visscher (1615, c.), xxxiiij, 34[b]. Published by Johann Lancelot.
https://emblems.hum.uu.nl/av1615034.html
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210516163738/https://emblems.hum.uu.nl/static/images/av1615/pictura/OB-9575-043.jpg
Image 3:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=90&emblemid=E012202&bookid=sacraemblematalx00mann
Image from the book Sacra emblemata LXXVIin quibus summa unius cuiusq[ue] evangelii rotunde adumbratur, by Mannich, Johann (1625), Norimbergae: Ex officina typographica Joannis Friderici Sartorii. p. 12.
Courtesy of University of Illinois Board of Trustees
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/EmblemRegistry:E012202
Image 4:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=72&emblemid=E011617&bookid=oai:diglib.hab.de:ppn_661579891
Image from the book Echo Mutuae Voluntatis sive De Amicitia Dialogus, by Mechov, Wilhelm (1648), [Lüneburg]: Lamprechtus; Hamburgi: Typis Wernerianis. Printed by:Lamprecht, Martin and Werner, Heinrich. p. 24. (bibliographical quotes: VD17 23: 621517T)
Courtesy of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/li-5987/start.htm?image=00024
Image 5:
Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=hand&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=54&emblemid=E018350&bookid=oai:diglib.hab.de:ppn_561230757
Image from the book Hertzen Schuel oder Des von Gott abgefüerten Herzens, widerbringung Zu Gott vnd vnderweisung, by Haeften, Benedictus van (1664), Augspurg: Weh. Printed by: Alas, Johann and Ostermayr, Johann. p. 625 (Signatur: Li 3284)
Courtesy of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/li-3284/start.htm?image=00625
Date
Image 1: 1676
Image 2: 1615, c.
Image 3: 1625
Image 4: 1648
Image 5: 1664
Image 2: 1615, c.
Image 3: 1625
Image 4: 1648
Image 5: 1664
Format
Emblems.
Dimensions: Unknown
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