Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: Where the Gods Would Send Us, We Must Go

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciati (1492 – 1550 CE) features a statue of Mercury, god of travelers, which rests at the crest of a hill and indicates the direction travelers must go in order to reach their destination. The subscriptio treats of this scene as representative of the human need for divine direction when faced in life with an inscrutable crossroads.

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