Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: Friendship That Endures after Death

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciato (1492 – 1550 CE) features a grape vine that has entwined itself about the trunk of a dead and decaying elm. In the subscriptio, the author uses this scene as an example of friendship that endures in spite of death and admonishes his readers to seek out such friendships.

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