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RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Genre Terms

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Emblem books

Scope Note: Use for collections of emblems, i.e., mottoes or epigrams accompanied by a verse and sometimes a symbolic illustration, based upon a poetic conceit or moral statement, particularly popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Broader Term: Illustrated works
Broader Term: Literary forms (Gathering term; do not assign)

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