A web-edition of Henry Peacham's Minerva Britanna prepared from a copy of the 1612 edition at Middlebury College by the students of Professor Billings's first-year seminar, Emblem Literature (FS 10, Fall 2001).
Introductory Notes to PeachamCommentaries on Selected EmblemsStudent ContributorsGo to Course Homepage: FS 010 Emblem Literature

 

Emblems Based on King James's Basilicon Doron

Emblems Based on Cesare Ripa's Iconologia

On the Animals Featured in these Emblems

Sequential List of Emblems with Commentaries

#2 Initium Sapientiae, by Bryan Goldberg
#3 Cui cedet, by Erin Amico
#4 Nusquam tuta, by Naomi Cookson
#9 Psalmi Davidici, by John Altum
#26 Doctrina, by John Altum
#26 Doctrina, by Rich Novak
#46 Poenitentia, by Whitney Sones
#47 Dolus, by Scott McDonald
#57 Scripta non temere edenda, by Erin Amico
#58 Pulchritudo feminea, by Rich Novak
#75 Cui candor morte redemptus, by Chris Gregg
#76 Status humanus, by Chris Gregg
#86 In Salo Sine Sale, by Whitney Sones
#88 Paulatim, by Naomi Cookson
#93 Temperantia, Chris Gregg
#94 Servire Nescit, by Naomi Cookson
#106 Non invicta recedo, by John Altum
#111 Coniugii Symbolum, by Scott McDonald
#115 In repetundos, et adulatores, by Scott McDonald
#139 Vigil utrinque, by Rich Novak
#141 Eternitas, by Emily Owen
#144 Et minimi vindictam, by Whitney Sones
#145 Ex utroque Immortalitas, by Emily Owen
#146 Icon Peccati, by Erin Amico
#169 Haud conveniunt, by Sean Ramsdell
#170 Zelus in Deum, by Emily Owen
#171 Sanctitas simulata, by Sean Ramsdell
#181 Amicitia Effigies, by Sean Ramsdel