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Emblems are visible metaphors, a synthesis of words and images. They traditionally embodied simple earthly truths, moral standards, and political principles. Emblem studies is a special historical discipline studying symbolic representations of certain notions or ideas. Scholars distinguish several sources of this discipline: Egyptian hieroglyphics; epigrammatic, fabular, and numismatic heritage of the Classical Antiquity; medieval fabliau and proverbs; bestiary images of both epochs.
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