Meaning of the word emblems

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An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a monarch or saint.^[1]

Emblems vs. symbols[edit]

Although the words emblem and symbol are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice.^{[clarification needed]}

An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch. For example, in America, police officers’ badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of James the Great, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catherine of Alexandria had a wheel, or a sword, St. Anthony the Abbot, a pig and a small bell. These are also called attributes, especially when shown carried by or close to the saint in art. Monarchs and other grand persons increasingly adopted personal devices or emblems that were distinct from their family heraldry. The most famous include Louis XIV of France’s sun, the salamander of Francis I of France, the boar of Richard III of England and the armillary sphere of Manuel I of Portugal. In the fifteenth and sixteenth century, there was a fashion, started in Italy, for making large medals with a portrait head on the obverse and the emblem on the reverse; these would be given to friends and as diplomatic gifts. Pisanello produced many of the earliest and finest of these.

A symbol, on the other hand, substitutes one thing for another, in a more concrete fashion:^[1]

• The Christian cross is a symbol of the crucifixion of Jesus; it is an emblem of sacrifice.
• The Red Cross is one of three symbols representing the International Red Cross.^[2] A red cross on a white background is the emblem of humanitarian spirit.
• The crescent shape is a symbol of the moon; it is an emblem of Islam.
• The skull and crossbones is a symbol identifying a poison.^[3] The skull is an emblem of the transitory nature of human life.

Other terminology[edit]

A totem is specifically an animal emblem that expresses the spirit of a clan. Emblems in heraldry are known as charges. The lion passant serves as the emblem of England, the lion rampant as the emblem of Scotland.

An icon consists of an image (originally a religious image), that has become standardized by convention. A logo is an impersonal, secular icon, usually of a corporate entity.

Emblems in history[edit]

Since the 15th century, the terms of emblem (emblema; from Greek: ἔμβλημα, meaning «embossed ornament») and emblematura belong to the termini technici of architecture. They mean an iconic painted, drawn, or sculptural representation of a concept affixed to houses and belong—like the inscriptions—to the architectural ornaments (ornamenta). Since the publication of
De re aedificatoria (1452) by Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472), patterned after the De architectura by the Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius, emblema are related to Egyptian hieroglyphics and are considered as being the lost universal language.^{[citation needed]} Therefore, the emblems belong to the Renaissance knowledge of antiquity which comprises not only Greek and Roman antiquity but also Egyptian antiquity as proven by the numerous obelisks built in 16th and 17th century Rome.^[4]

Evidence of the use of emblems in pre-Columbian America has also been found, such as those used in Mayan city states, kingdoms, and even empires such as the Aztec or Inca. The use of these in the American context does not differ much from the contexts of other regions of the world, being even the equivalent of the coats of arms of their respective territorial entities.^[5]

The 1531 publication in Augsburg of the first emblem book, the Emblemata of the Italian jurist Andrea Alciato launched a fascination with emblems that lasted two centuries and touched most of the countries of western Europe.^[6] «Emblem» in this sense refers to a didactic or moralizing combination of picture and text intended to draw the reader into a self-reflective examination of their own life. Complicated associations of emblems could transmit information to the culturally-informed viewer, a characteristic of the 16th-century artistic movement called Mannerism.

A popular collection of emblems, which ran to many editions, was presented by Francis Quarles in 1635. Each of the emblems consisted of a paraphrase from a passage of Scripture, expressed in ornate and metaphorical language, followed by passages from the Christian Fathers, and concluding with an epigram of four lines. These were accompanied by an emblem that presented the symbols displayed in the accompanying passage.

Emblems in speech[edit]

Emblems are certain gestures which have a specific meaning attached to them. These meanings are usually associated with the culture they are established in. Using emblems creates a way for humans to communicate with one another in a non-verbal way. An individual waving their hand at a friend, for example, would communicate «hello» without having to verbally say anything.^[7]

Emblems vs. sign language[edit]

Although sign language uses hand gestures to communicate words in a non-verbal way, it should not be confused with emblems. Sign language contains linguistic properties, similar to those used in verbal languages, and is used to communicate entire conversations.^[8] Linguistic properties are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, etc..^[9] In contrast with sign language, emblems are a non-linguistic form of communication. Emblems are single gestures which are meant to get a short non-verbal message to another individual.

Emblems in culture[edit]

Emblems are associated with the culture they are established in and are subjective to that culture. For example, the sign made by forming a circle with the thumb and forefinger is used in America to communicate «OK» in a non-verbal way, in Japan to mean «money», and in some southern European countries to mean something sexual.^[10] Furthermore, the thumbs up sign in America means «good job «, but in some parts of the Middle East the thumbs up sign means something highly offensive.^[11]

See also[edit]

• Coat of arms
• Crest
• Emblem book
• Logo
• Meme
• Mission patch
• National emblem
• Saint symbology
• Seal (emblem)
• Symbol
• Badge
• Icon

References[edit]

Drysdall, Denis (2005). «Claude Mignault of Dijon: «Theoretical Writings on the Emblem: a Critical Edition, with apparatus and notes (1577)». Retrieved 2009-05-29.

Further reading[edit]

• Emblematica Online. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Libraries. 1,388 facsimiles of emblem books.
• Moseley, Charles, A Century of Emblems: An Introduction to the Renaissance Emblem (Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1989)

Notes[edit]

External links[edit]

• Camerarius, Joachim (1605) Symbolorum & emblematum — digital facsimile of book of emblems, from the website of the Linda Hall Library

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛmbləm/
• Hyphenation: em‧blem

Noun[edit]

emblem (plural emblems)

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.

   Synonyms: symbol, token

   The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.

   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 235:

     His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke;

2. Something that represents a larger whole.

   The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group’s disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.

   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities […] ”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎^[1]:

     Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Broider’d the ground, more color’d than with stone
     Of costliest emblem

4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
   • 1718, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphicks of the life of man:

     An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable:

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To symbolize.

Further reading[edit]

• emblem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “emblem”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

emblem n (singular definite emblemet, plural indefinite emblemer)

1. emblem

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

• “emblem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”).

Noun[edit]

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem or emblemer, definite plural emblema or emblemene)

1. an emblem

References[edit]

• “emblem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “emblem” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma).

Noun[edit]

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem, definite plural emblema)

1. an emblem

References[edit]

• “emblem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

emblem n (plural embleme)

1. Obsolete form of emblemă.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

• emblem in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

emblem n

1. emblem

Declension[edit]

эмблема, символ, символизировать

существительное ↓

глагол

- редк. служить эмблемой, символизировать
- украшать гербом, эмблемой и т. п.

Словосочетания

state emblem — государственный герб  
distinctive emblem — отличительная эмблема; отличительный знак  
commercial emblem — торговая эмблема  
company emblem — эмблема компании  
emblem of nationality — национальная эмблема  
emblem of the sending state — герб аккредитующего государства  
exhibition emblem — эмблема выставки  
meritorious unit emblem — эмблема особо отличившейся части  
national state emblem — государственный герб  
recognized emblem — признанная эмблема  

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мн. ч.(plural): emblems

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What do we mean by emblem?

A distinctive badge, design, or device. noun

An object or representation that functions as a symbol. noun

An allegorical picture usually inscribed with a verse or motto presenting a moral lesson. noun

That which is put in or on inlaid work; inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in another body. noun

A symbolical design or figure with explanatory writing; a design or an image suggesting some truth or fact; the expression of a thought or idea both in design and in words: as, Quarles’s Emblems (a collection of such representations). noun

Any object whose predominant quality symbolizes something else, as another quality, condition, state, and the like; the figure of such an object used as a symbol; an allusive figure; a symbol: as, a white robe is an emblem of purity; a balance, of justice; a crown, of royalty. noun

An example. noun

Synonyms and Emblem, Symbol, Type. Emblem and symbol refer to tangible objects; type may refer also to an act, as when the lifting up of the brazen serpent (Num. xxi. 8, 9) is said to be a type of the crucifixion, the serpent being a type or emblem of Christ. A symbol is generally an emblem which has become recognized or standard among men; a volume proposing new signs of this sort would be called a “book of emblems”; but an emblem may be a symbol, as the bread and wine at the Lord’s supper are more often called emblems than symbols of Christ’s death. Symbol is by this rule the appropriate word for the conventional signs in mathematics. Emblem is most often used of moral and religious matters, and type chiefly of religious doctrines, institutions, historical facts, etc. Type in its religious application generally points forward to an antitype. noun

To represent or suggest by an emblem or symbolically; symbolize; emblematize.

To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. transitive verb

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. noun

A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol noun

A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation. noun

A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo. noun

Something which represents a larger whole. noun

A visible symbol representing an abstract idea noun

Special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. noun

A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.

Something which represents a larger whole.

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

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The past tense verb referring to the removal of a automobile emblem from one’s car. Most often this is done illegally and without the owners consent. One may choose to use a credit card to commit such an offense but a heat gun gun is the preferred tool of removal. Urban Dictionary

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