Oedipi et Sphingis dialogus (Dialogues between Oedipus and the Sphinx)
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca1640322
Title: Oedipi et Sphingis dialogus (Dialogues between Oedipus and the Sphinx)
Script:
Cursive
Language: Latin and Greek
Folio Number: p. 32
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Emblem
Notes: The text of this manuscript is organized as a series of dialogs between Oedipus and the Sphinx, in which the Sphinx poses riddles to which Oedipus must provide answers. The images that accompany the dialogs are in the form of emblems. Emblem books were very popular during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and contained surreal combinations of subjects that encouraged the viewer to contemplate moral issues. The accompanying texts offered interpretations for the strange representations.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1583571
Country: Country:France
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1599
Image Dimensions Width: 273 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 164
Subjects
p. 1 
p. 3 
p. 28 
p. 32
p. 68 
p. 100 
p. 157 
p. 166 
p. 188