Figure 1. Emblem I, La femme & la Lycorne (“By looking I lose my life”), followed by Délie 6. Maurice Scève, Délie: Object de plus haulte vertu (Lyon, 1544). All images from Délie are held in copyright by Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-N... More about this image found in Emblem I, La femme & la Lycorne (“By looking I lose my life”), followed...

Figure 2. Emblem XXV (detail), La Selle & les deux hommes (“He who believes is easily deceived”). More about this image found in Emblem XXV (detail), La Selle & les deux hommes (“He who believes is ea...

Figure 3. Emblem XXXV (detail), L’Asne au Molin (“Fleeing toil, travail pursues me”). More about this image found in Emblem XXXV (detail), L’Asne au Molin (“Fleeing toil, travail pursues me”)....

Figure 4. Emblem XL (detail), Le Coq qui se brusle (“The more I put it out the more I make it burn”). More about this image found in Emblem XL (detail), Le Coq qui se brusle (“The more I put it out the more I...

Figure 5. Emblem XXVI (detail), La Lycorne qui se voit (“In me I inspire horror”). More about this image found in Emblem XXVI (detail), La Lycorne qui se voit (“In me I inspire horror”).

Figure 6. Emblem XXI (detail), Le Basilisque & le Miroir (“My look, because of you, kills me”). More about this image found in Emblem XXI (detail), Le Basilisque & le Miroir (“My look, because of yo...

Figure 7. Emblem VII (detail), Narcissus (“[He] dies enough who loves in vain”). More about this image found in Emblem VII (detail), Narcissus (“[He] dies enough who loves in vain”).